Born in the sunny southside of Portugal, 1997
Currently lives and works in Berlin.
rodrigorcrosa@gmail.com
Currently lives and works in Berlin.
rodrigorcrosa@gmail.com
+351 926 611 579
@rodrigo___rosa
“Time takes its
crazy toll” Says Thurston Moore in the opening line of
Sonic Youth’s epic – The Diamond Sea. And
as the song crumbles upon its own distortion across its magnificent 20 minutes,
so does memory fall ill to the unforgiving curse of time.
The relationship between memory and the urban landscape, is the main foundation of my artistic investigation. As such, I aim to raise my own questions regarding the role that the human presence – or the total lack of it – plays inside the City, as well as its own eternal and inherent ephemerality. Working directly with elements of the City, my artistic practice is essentially an amalgamation of different, sometimes opposing or conflicting processes, brought together in the same body of work and forced not only to co-exist, but also to dialogue. Among appropriation, stealing, recreation, fragmenting and tracing, the result of these processes can often be conflicting, blurring the frontiers that separate the mundane from the artistic.
Memories are ephemeral – unreliable, distorted, biased by feelings and untrusting – and that’s what makes them so interesting to work with.
The relationship between memory and the urban landscape, is the main foundation of my artistic investigation. As such, I aim to raise my own questions regarding the role that the human presence – or the total lack of it – plays inside the City, as well as its own eternal and inherent ephemerality. Working directly with elements of the City, my artistic practice is essentially an amalgamation of different, sometimes opposing or conflicting processes, brought together in the same body of work and forced not only to co-exist, but also to dialogue. Among appropriation, stealing, recreation, fragmenting and tracing, the result of these processes can often be conflicting, blurring the frontiers that separate the mundane from the artistic.
Memories are ephemeral – unreliable, distorted, biased by feelings and untrusting – and that’s what makes them so interesting to work with.
EDUCATION
2020/2022 - Fine Art (MFA)
UMPRUM Prague - CZ
Intermedia Studio - Dominik Gajarsky & Michal
Pěchouček
2015/ 2018 - Visual Arts (BFA)
University of Algarve - PT
2021 - Fine Art (MFA)
UMPRUM Prague - CZ
Guest Artist Studio - Matt Mullican
SOLO SHOWS
2020 - Linhas De Campo II, Egeu - Lisbon, PT
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2020 - I Will Take The Risk (Lisbon Art Weekend ‘20), Azan Space - Lisbon, PT
2022 - An Everlasting Gaze (curated by Guilherme Vilhena Martins), Störung Galerie - Berlin, DE
2020 - Linhas De Campo II, Egeu - Lisbon, PT
2019 - Deadlift, 289 Project Room - Faro, PT
2018 - Dreamhouse (Curated by Sandro Resende), Travessa da Ermida - Lisbon, PT
2018 - Unknown Structures / Unnamed Spaces, Foco Lisboa - Lisbon, PT
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS2023 - Resort (curated by Guilherme Vilhena Martins), Magma Maria - Offenbach, DE
2023 - Various Forms of Sensitivity (curated by Michal Stochl), HYB4 Gallery - Prague, CZ
2023 - Alcazar (curated by Egeu), Alfaia - Loulé, PT
2023 - Pintura Sem Fim, Brotéria - Lisbon, PT
2022 - A Cor Das Nuvens, Alfaia - Loulé, PT
2022 - Splash! (curated by Hugo Cantegrel), Mono - Lisbon, PT
2021 - Details Of An Imaginary Universe (Artsemester ‘22), UMPRUM - Prague, CZ
2021 - Careful, The Floor is Wet (curated by Aude Vignac), Mono - Lisbon, PT
2021 - Da Terra á Lua a Pé (curated by Pedro Cabral Santo), Plataforma Revólver - Lisbon, P
2020 - I Will Take The Risk (Lisbon Art Weekend ‘20), Azan Space - Lisbon, PT
2019 - Sabotage, Galeria Trem - Faro, PT
2019 - Micro-clima, Galeria Valbom - Lisbon, PT
2019 - I Will Take The Risk (Curated by Carolina Trigueiros and Tomaz Hipólito), Azan Space - Lisbon, PT
2018 - This is Not a Lovesong (BFA), Historical Beer Factory - Faro, PT
2017 - Mr. Mov Videoart Festival, Santa Guillia Fine Art Academy - Brescia, IT
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2020/2022 - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Scholarship, PT
2019 - Carpediem / Millenium BCP Young Art Prize - Shortlisted, PT
2017 - Young Creators Award (IPDJ & CPAI) - Shortlisted, PT
RESIDENCIES
2021 - Mono - Lisbon, PT
2020 - Egeu - Lisbon, PT
COLLECTIONSAZAN Collection - PT
Carpe Diem Editions - PT
Private collections
OTHER PROJECTS
2021 - Art Matters 3 (honourable mention), Galerie Biesenbach - Köln, DE
2020 - Carpe Diem: Editions, Excavo - London (Ontario), CAN
2017 - Outdoor: Jovens Artistas (Sandro Resende P28) - Faro, PT
PUBLICATIONS