01.05.1925
Almir da Silva Mavignier is born in Rio de Janeiro
1946
Studied painting in Rio de Janeiro. He is co-founder and director of the painting studio at the Centro Nacional Psichiatrico Pedro Segundo, engenho de dentro, Rio de Janeiro (until 1951)
1949
First abstract pictures are created
1951
First solo exhibition at the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro. Moves to Paris in the same year. Mavignier attends the Académie de la Grande Chaumière until 1953. His first concrete paintings are created in Paris in 1952. In Paris, participates in the Salon de Mai (1952) and the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles (1953)
1953 - 1958
1953 Moves to Ulm and begins studying at the Hochschule für Gestaltung under Josef Albers, Johannes Itten and Max Bill, among others
1954
Creation of first dot images
1955
Raster images are created
1958
He participated in the 8th evening exhibition "Vibration" organised by Otto Piene and Heinz Mack in their Düsseldorf studio and in the publication "Zero 2" (October 1958). In the following years, Mavignier was involved in the activities of the "Zero" movement
1959
Mavignier sets up his own studio in Ulm. He works as a freelance graphic designer and painter
1960
Mavignier is represented in the exhibition "Concrete Art" at the Helmhaus Zurich
1962
Participation in the exhibition "nul" at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
1963
Solo exhibition at the Museum Ulm
1964
Participation in the documenta III in Kassel and the Venice Biennale. Mavignier has a solo exhibition at the Ad Libitum Gallery in Antwerp
1965
Appointment as Professor of Painting at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg. Mavignier is represented in the exhibition "The Responsive Eye", Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
Participation in documenta IV in Kassel. In the following years, Mavignier's works were shown in numerous solo exhibitions, including 1968 at the Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, 1973 at the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 1974 at the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Zurich, 1975 at the Neue Sammlung in Munich, 1985 at the Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, 1990 at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2000 at the Museu de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo, and 2004 at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt am Main.
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