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"Mirante", 2003, edition of 5 + 2 artist proofs, edition 3/5.

Born in Sao Jose do Rio Pardo, SP, Brazil, in 1970 Mauro Restiffe earned a BA from FAAP University in Sao Paulo, 1993, and studied at the International Center of Photography in New York, 1994-1995, a city where he later was also a visiting scholar at the New York University from 2001 to 2003. Restiffe has had many Solo Shows in commercial galleries and Institutions such as “Recorrências” at Galeria Fortes Vilaça in São Paulo, Brazil, “Mirante” at PhotoEspaña09 in Madrid, Spain, “Vertigem” at Galeria Mario Sequeira in Braga, Portugal, “In Process” at Henry Urbach Architecture Gallery in New York and has participated in many group shows including the 27th Sao Paulo Biennial and the 2006 Taipei Biennial. He is the recipient of the Fellowship ApArtes from the Ministry of Culture, Brasilia, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award, NY and The Rema Hort Mann Art Grant, NY. Restiffe is featured in the publication Vitamin Ph by Phaidon Press and his work is in the permanent collection of the TATE Modern, London, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, and Fundacion Arco, Madrid among others.