Waldemar Cordeiro

Year of birth, place
1925, Rome, Italy
Year of death, place
1973, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Biography
Waldemar Cordeiro studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes and at the Scuola di S. Giacomo in Rome. 1946 moved to São Paulo. 1951/1952 founder of the group Ruptura. From 1968 experiments in computer art, from 1969 collaboration with Giorgio Moscati on computer graphics. 1971 organized the exhibition »Arteônica – O Uso Criativo dos Meios Eletrônicos em Arte«, São Paulo. 1972 lecturer at University of Campinas (Unicamp), head of the Centro de Processamento de Imagens do Instituto de Artes.
Exhib.: 1952, »Ruptura«, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. 1960, »Konkrete Kunst. 50 Jahre Entwicklung«, Helmhaus, Zurich. 1970, »Computer Plotter Art«, Galeria da USIS, São Paulo.

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