1986
Maison des Cultures du Monde | Paris, FR
Brésil Naïfs
1987
Galerie Bab Rouah | Rabat, MA
Brésil Naïfs
1988
Paço Imperial | Rio de Janeiro, BR
The Fascinating World of Naïve Painters
Musée International d'Art Naïf Anatole Jakovsky | Nice, FR
Miranda
1989
Maison de l'Amérique Latine de Monaco | Monaco, MC
Miranda
1990
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Naïve Painters of Ecuador
1994
Slovak National Gallery — INSITA 94 | Bratislava, SK
International Triennial of Naïve Art (Honorable Mention/UNESCO: “Amazônia” by Aparecida Azedo)
Frankfurt Book Fair | Frankfurt, DE
Brazilian Naïve Artists Today
1995
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Naïve Art from Across Brazil (group exhibition; annual)
Naïve Artists from Abroad (group exhibition; international collection)
1996
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Solo exhibitions: Thraki Jones • Bebeth (Elizabeth Rodrigues Faber) • Alba Cavalcanti • Ozias • Gerson, a Retrospective (1947–1997)
1997
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: Brazil from North to South (annual) • Around the World in 80 Paintings (international collection) • Fifty Years of Longing
Solo exhibitions: Helena Coelho • Dalvan (Dalvan da Silva Filho) • Paulina (Paulina Laks Eizirik) • Rosina Becker do Valle
Thematic exhibitions: The Naïve Carnival • Indigenous Peoples, the Owners of the Land • Our African Roots • Naïve Artists and Folklore • Naïve Christmas
Slovak National Gallery — INSITA 97 | Bratislava, SK
INSITA 97 — International Triennial of Naïve Art
1998
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: Animals in Everyday Life and in the Imagination of Peoples • Naïve Brazil (annual)
Solo exhibitions: Aparecida Azedo • Fritz Frischknecht • Gilvan
Thematic exhibitions: Sun and Samba • Love and Commitment • Childhood Things • Mysticism
Espaço Cultural dos Correios | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Naïve Panorama — Brazil-France 98 Exhibition
Espaço INFRAERO — Aeroporto GIG | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Rio, I Love You
1999
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: My Home, My World • My Brazilian Brazil (annual) • Naïve Artists from China
Solo exhibitions: The Colors of the Ecuadorian Andes • Telmo Carvalho • Elza O.S.
Thematic exhibitions: Hail, Rio de Janeiro • Every Day Is Indigenous Peoples' Day • Freedom, Spread Your Wings Over Us • Folklore, a Mixture of Roots
Le Monde des Amériques | Paris, FR
Le Musée d'Art Naïf de Rio
Teatro Municipal Trianon | Campos dos Goytacazes, BR
A Naïve Vision of the World
2000
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: Discovering the World • Discovering Brazil (annual) • Brazil, Five Centuries (permanent) • Ibero-Americas, Legend and Reality • Portuguese Naïve Artists Rediscover Brazil
Solo exhibitions: Juca (Ovídio de Andrade Melo) • Fabio Sombra • Waldomiro de Deus • Eda Vianna
Thematic exhibitions: Carnival and Football, Two Carioca Passions • And the World Did Not End • My Land Has Palm Trees
Centro de Cultura Patrícia Galvão | Santos, BR
7th Santos National Biennial — Visual Arts
Riocentro — BRITE | Rio de Janeiro, BR
BRITE — Brazil International Tourism Exchange
Forte de Copacabana — ACNO | Rio de Janeiro, BR
ACNO — General Assembly of the National Olympic Committees
Slovak National Gallery — INSITA 2000 | Bratislava, SK
INSITA 2000 — International Triennial of Naïve Art
2001
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: Naïve Rio de Janeiro (permanent) • Green and Yellow Brazil (annual) • The World and the Colors of the Divine
Solo exhibitions: Lula Nogueira
Thematic exhibitions: Samba, Sweat and Beer • Naïve Artists and Folklore
Instituto Cultural Mexicano de Viena | Vienna, AT
Brazilian Naïve Artists
Biblioteca Popular de Botafogo | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Childhood Passions
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: The Colors of Naïve Brazil (annual) • Peace and Love (international collection) • Naïve Visions of Brazil • New International Acquisitions (international collection)
Solo exhibitions: Gerson • Naïve Via Crucis • Ramilo • Nathalie de Etievan
Thematic exhibitions: Long Live Summer • Indigenous Peoples and Respect for Nature • The African Contribution • Angels Descend to Earth
MASP — Museu de Arte de São Paulo | São Paulo, SP, BR
Pelé — The Art of the King
Galeries Lafayette (Boulevard Haussmann) | Paris, FR
Brasil Brasileiro
Casa França-Brasil | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Pelé — The Art of the King
Museu Histórico da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Childhood Passions
Hotel Sofitel Paris Porte de Sèvres | Paris, FR
A Taste of Brazil
SESC Nova Iguaçu | Nova Iguaçu, RJ, BR
Into the Net: Football and the Naïve Artists
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) | São Paulo, SP, BR
Pop Brazil — Popular Art and the Popular in Art
Centro Cultural Laurinda Santos Lobo | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Childhood Passions
SESC São Gonçalo | São Gonçalo, RJ, BR
Into the Net: Football and the Naïve Artists
Biblioteca Popular da Ilha do Governador | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Into the Net: Football and the Naïve Artists
2003
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: Brazilian Naïve Masters (annual) • The City and the Countryside • My Brazilian Brazil — A Tribute to Ari Barroso
Solo exhibitions: Lia Mittarakis • Mabel (Mabel Fernandes Machado) • Luiza Caetano
Thematic exhibitions: I Live in a Tropical Country • Popular Devotions • People in the News
Casa de Cultura Laurinda Santos Lobo | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Indigenous Peoples and Respect for Nature
Centro Cultural Euclides da Cunha | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Indigenous Peoples and Respect for Nature
Folklore and Popular Culture
Espaço Cultural da BM&F | São Paulo, BR
Athletics — Memory and Art
Broward Center for the Performing Arts | Fort Lauderdale, US
Passions of Children
Biblioteca Popular de Botafogo | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Into the Net: Football and the Naïve Artists
BNDES | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Miranda
2004
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: Brazil, Brazils (annual) • The World in Celebration
Solo exhibitions: Lea Dray • Berenic • São Cristóvão and Mangueira, by J. Araújo
Thematic exhibitions: Summer Is Joy • The Circus Has Arrived • The Celebration Is Ours
Centro Cultural Euclides da Cunha | Rio de Janeiro, BR
-Long Live Summer
-Popular Devotions
Biblioteca Popular de Botafogo | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Popular Devotions
Slovak National Gallery — INSITA 2004 | Bratislava, SK
International Triennial of Naïve Art
Galeria da Caixa Econômica Federal | Curitiba, BR
Discovering Naïve Brazil
SESC Piracicaba | Piracicaba, BR
Pure Mixture — References for Brazilian Art (section of Brazilian Naïfs Biennial)
2005
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: This Is Brazil (annual) • To Sail Is Necessary
Solo exhibitions: Fuzinelli • Ermelinda
Thematic exhibitions: Indigenous Legends • I Eat, You Eat, He Hungers…
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) | Brasília, DF, BR
Encounters and Re-encounters in Naïve Art — Brazil/Haiti
Musée d'Art Naïf Anatole Jakovsky | Nice, FR
Le Brésil Brésilien — Bachianas Brésiliennes
FAAP — Museu de Arte Brasileira | São Paulo, BR
Encounters and Re-encounters in Naïve Art — Brazil/Haiti
Centro Cultural dos Correios | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Art Americas
United Nations | New York City, US
Brazil/Haiti: Naive Art
Museu Histórico da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Long Live Summer
2006
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: Brazil, a Samba That Swings (annual) • All the Women in the World • Brazil, Great at Football
Solo exhibitions: Helena Rodrigues • Ana Camelo
Thematic exhibitions: Long Live Zé Pereira • A Home of One's Own • Whoever Tells a Tale…
Organization of American States (OAS) | Washington, US
Brazil/Haiti: Naive Art
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: Pan-Americas, Legend and Reality
Solo exhibitions: Ozias
2012
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: Naïve Textures
2013
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: Saints and Popular Devotions • Animals and the Naïve Imagination
Palacete das Rosas | Araraquara, SP, BR
Football in Naïve Brazil
SESC Engenho de Dentro | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Naïve Express — Children's Games
SESC Santa Luzia | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Incredible Women
SESC São João de Meriti | São João de Meriti, RJ, BR
Naïve Popular Festivities
Museu Janete Costa de Arte Popular | Niterói, RJ, BR
Counterpoint
SESC Ramos | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Afro Naïve — Black Culture in Brazil
2014
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: Football, a Brazilian Passion • Contemporary Naïve Route • Olympic Memory Through the Naïve Eye
SESC Tijuca | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Incredible Women, a Naïve Perspective
Centro Cultural Correios | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Naïve Art in the Spotlight
Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda | Santiago, CL
To the Rhythm of Brazil — Naïve, Popular and Modern Art
2015
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: Olympic Rio • Brazil, Five Centuries • Rio in 450 Colors
2016
MIAN | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Group exhibitions: Rio, Host City • Playing with Naïve Colors
Espace_L | Geneva, CH
Rio Naïf et les Jeux Olympiques
Consulado-Geral do Brasil em Genebra | Geneva, CH
Rio Naïf et les Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques
Fundação Brasilea | Basel, CH
Rio Naïf et les Jeux Olympiques
2018
Galeria Evandro Carneiro Arte | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Miranda (solo exhibition)
ArtRio — Marina da Glória | Rio de Janeiro, BR
ArtRio (MIAN participation; works by Lia Mittarakis)
2019
SESC Quitandinha | Petrópolis, BR
This Naïve Territory of Ours
Galeria Evandro Carneiro Arte | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Our Brazilian Naïve Artists
Galerie Félix Frachon | Brussels, BE
Art Naïf, Joies et Couleurs du Brésil — Collection Lucien Finkelstein
2022
EAV Parque Lage | Rio de Janeiro, BR
Naïve Art — Not One Museum Less (curated by Ulisses Carrilho; 325 works from MIAN)
Arte nas Estações | Minas Gerais, BR
2023
David Zwirner | London, UK
Odoteres Ricardo de Ozias
2024
Arte nas Estações | Mato Grosso do Sul, BR
2025
Fundação Brasilea | Basel, CH
Brazil Naïve, Works from the Finkelstein Collection