"The truth is that Sami Mattar belongs to the old stock of artists for whom Life and Art are not opposed elements - on the contrary, they're interpenetrating expressions of human experience."

Jakob Klintowitz       

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1954

• Collective, Minarte Gallery - Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
• Individual, Minarte Gallery - Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

1962

• Individual, Santa Rosa Gallery - Rio, Brazil.

1965

• 1st Visual Arts Exhibition of Brazil, Museum of Modern Art - Rio, Brazil.
• 1st Salon Exxon, Museum of Modern Art - Rio, Brazil.

1966

• 2nd Visual Arts Exhibition of Brazil, Museum of Modern Art - Rio, Brazil.
• 1st Biennial of Bahia - Salvador, Brazil.
• 15th National Salon of Modern Art, Ministry of Education and Culture - Rio, Brazil.
• Salon of Modern Art, Museum of Art - Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
• 1st Cycle of Studies of Brazilian Art, Macunaíma Gallery - Rio, Brazil.

1967

• New Brazilian Objectivity, Museum of Modern Art - Rio, Brazil.
• 16th National Salon of Modern Art, Ministry of Education and Culture - Rio, Brazil.
• 9th International Biennial of Art - São Paulo, Brazil.
• 1st National Salon of Art - Brasília, Brazil.
• 2 nd Exxon Salon, Museum of Modern Arts - Rio, Brazil.

1968

• Individual, Arte-Arte Gallery - São Paulo, Brazil.
• 4th Visual Art Exhibition of Brazil, Museum of Modern Art - Rio, Brazil.
• 17th National Salon of Modern Art, Ministry of Education and Culture - Rio, Brazil.
• São Paulo's Salon, Museum of Art of São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil.
• Art at Flamengo Park - Rio, Brazil.
• 1st Art Fair, Museum of Modern Art - Rio, Brazil.
• 2nd Biennial of Bahia - Salvador, Brazil.

1969

• Manifest "Expansion" (Sami Mattar & Moricone), Museum of Modern Art - Rio, Brazil.
• Collective, Álvaro Penteado Foundation - São Paulo, Brazil (guest).
• 5th Visual Art Exhibition of Brazil, Museum of Modern Art - Rio, Brazil.
• 1st Art Supermarket - Rio, Brazil.
• Presentation of the first poem-poster of Brazil, Museum of Modern Art - Rio, Brazil.
• 18th National Salon of Modern Art, Ministry of Education and Culture - Rio, Brazil.
• 10th International Biennial of Art - São Paulo, Brazil (guest).
• Compass Salon, Museum of Modern Art - Rio, Brazil.

1970

• 19th National Salon of Modern Art, Ministry of Education and Culture - Rio, Brazil.
• Collective, "The Face and The Labor", IBEU (Instituto Brazil-Estados Unidos) - Rio, Brazil.
• Individual, Petit Gallery - Rio, Brazil.
• Presentation of the "Poster/tent", Museum of Modern Art - Rio (Art at Ipanema Beach), Brazil.

1971

• 11th International Biennial of Art of São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil.
• Salon Eletrobrás, Museum of Modern Art - Rio, Brazil.
• 20th National Salon of Modern Art, Ministry of Education and Culture - Rio, Brazil

1972

• 21th National Salon of Modern Art, Ministry of Education and Culture - Rio, Brazil.

1973

• 22th National Salon of Modern Art, Ministry of Education and Culture - Rio, Brazil.
• Individual, Ipanema Gallery - Rio, Brazil.

1974

• Individual, National Museum of Fine Arts - Rio, Brazil.

1975

• Collective of Six, da Praça Gallery - Rio, Brazil.
• Individual, Oscar Seraphico Gallery - Brasília, Brazil.
• 24th National Salon of Modern Art, Ministry of Education and Culture - Rio, Brazil.
• Collective, Mini Gallery - Rio, Brazil.
• Individual, Gallery Contemporaine - Beirut, Lebanon.
• 1st Festival of Art - Biblos, Lebanon (honorary mention).

1976

• 24th National Salon of Modern Art, Ministry of Education and Culture - Rio, Brazil.
• Individual, Graffity Gallery - Rio, Brazil.

1978

• Collective, Guanabara Gallery - Rio, Brazil.

1979

• Individual, Casa Branca Gallery - Rio, Brazil.
• Collective, Eucatexpo Gallery - Rio, Brazil.
• Collective, Brazilian Itinerant Art, Petrobrás - Rio, Brazil.
• Individual, Parnazo Gallery - Brasília, Brazil.

1980

• Brazilian Modern Art - Hannover, Germany.

1981

• Individual, André Art Gallery - São Paulo, Brazil.
• Collective, Scopus Gallery - Rio, Brazil.
• Collective, A. M. Niemayer Gallery, Sami Mattar/Newton Resende/Ziraldo - Rio, Brazil.

1982

• Individual, Época Gallery - Salvador, Bahia.

1983

• Individual, A. M. Niemayer Gallery - Rio, Brazil.

1984

• 3rd Salon of Plastic Arts of Teresópolis - Rio, Brazil (guest).
• Retrospective "30 Years", Cultural Foundation of Brasília - Brasília, Brazil.
• Active Brazilian Painting, Petrobrás - Rio, Brazil (guest).

1985

• Contemporary Artists, BNDS (National Bank of Social Development).
• Individual, Borghese Gallery - Rio, Brazil.

1986

• 20 Brazilian Artists, Department of Culture of Porto Alegre - Porto Alegre, Brazil (guest).

1990

• Collective, Pinacoteca 2 - Rio, Brazil.

1992

• Collective, 30th Annual Fremont Art Association - San Francisco, CA, USA (honorary mention).

1993

• Collective, Brazilian Student Association of Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA, USA.

1994

• Individual, H. L. Art Gallery - Boca Raton FL, USA.

1995

• Retrospective "40 Years", Villa Riso - Rio, Brazil.

1996

• Collective, Realism Surrealism, The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art - Miami, FL, USA.
• Collective, Hispanic Expressions, National Association of Hispanic Publications - Washington DC, USA.
• International Art Americas 96 - Miami, FL, USA.
• Hispanic Reflections, The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art, Orange County Convention Center - Orlando, FL, USA.
• Individual, "The Return of Sami Mattar", Pinacoteka Solar das Artes - Teresópolis, Brazil.
• Collective, Hispanic Heritage in America 96, The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art - Miami, FL, USA (honorary mention).
• Collective, Batik Osmus Extra Los Angeles Artexpo - Los Angeles, CA, USA.
• Collective, Faces Art Gallery - Bay Harbor Island, FL, USA.
• Collective, 25th Anniversary Batik, The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art - Miami, FL, USA (honorary mention).
• Individual, 105 Years of Teresópolis, Solar da Artes (Pinacoteca Gallery) - Teresópolis, RJ, Brasil.

1997

• Collective, Hispanic Heritage in America, Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art - Miami, FL, USA (honorary mention).
• Collective,"Las Americas", Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art - Miami, FL, USA (honorary mention).

1999

• Individual, "Sami Mattar, 45 Years of Art", Ana Terra Art Gallery, Vitória, ES, Brazil.

2000

• Individual, "Desenho Etc...Sami Mattar Univerti-feso", Teresópolis, RJ, Brazil.

2001

• Individual, "UNI-OSREV de SamiMattar", Center for Entrepreneurial Events at Rio's Stock Market, Rio, RJ, Brazil.

2002

• Individual, "Circus People", Villa Riso, Rio, RJ, Brazil.
• Individual, "Ex-Uni-Verso", exhibition and launching of the book "Não Acredite se Puder", Villa Riso, Rio, RJ, Brazil.

2006

• Retrospective - 53 years of Art, January 8, Center for Entrepreneurial Events at Rio's Stock Market, Rio, RJ, Brazil.
• Individual, "Sami Mattar", Feso Pro-Arte, Rio, RJ, Brazil.