Sandra Rocha

Current Exhibition

corpo de pedra

27 September | 07 December, 2024

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Biography

Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, 1974

Lives and works in Paris.

Site: http://www.sandrarocha.pt/

2008

Sandra Rocha was selected to attend the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
photography course in «Creativity and Artistic Creation Program»;

2006

Deegre in Art History from «Universidade Nova de Lisboa»

1996

Studies in Photography at «Ar.Co» – Centro de Artes e Comunicação Visual

Sandra co-founded Kameraphoto, a Portuguese collective of emerging photographers (2003) and helped set up Kgaleria in 2005 where she also worked as curator in 2005 and 2008.
Kgaleria has brought attention upon new visions in photography and was a vibrant cultural hub in Lisbon.
Her curatorial project «Um Diário da República» was selected to represent Portugal at the international festival «Photo - España 2011».
As a photographer she worked in the «Portrait of a Family», a personal essay developed in Portugal, Canada and the United States. Sandra was chosen by Mario Crespi as part of the new languages in world photography, compiled in the book “Future Images”, published by 24 Ore Motta Cultura, Milano (2009).
Sandra Rocha was invited to take part in the project "Saison France - Portugal" and she showcased her photos and videos with music composed by the French musician François Joncour in Brest, France, and in the Azores, Portugal
Sandra Rocha is represented by Fonseca Macedo - Contemporary Art, Azores, Portugal.

Solo exhibitions

2022

"Alta Pressão", Fonseca Macedo - Contemporary Art

2021

"Le moindre souffle", Centre Photographique d'Ile-de-France, France

2019

"Estação Meteorológica", Arquipélago Contemporary Art Center, Azores

2017

"O Calor do Corpo", Fonseca Macedo - Contempory Art

2013

"Waterline", Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria), Spain
"Anticiclone", Fonseca Macedo - Contemporary Art, Azores

2012

"C'est assez de métaphysique que de ne penser à rien", Atelier MartelArchitectes, Paris
"Caucase, souvenirs de voyage", Museu da Imagem de Braga, Portugal

2011

"Caucase, souvenirs de voyage", Alarcón Criado Gallery, Sevilha, Spain

2009

"Há Metafísica Bastante em Não Pensar em Nada", Casa Fernando Pessoa, Lisbon
"Love Stream", Fonseca Macedo - Contemporary Art , Ponta Delgada
"Love Stream", Centro de Arte São João da Madeira, Madeira
"Love Stream", Museu de Angra do Heroísmo, Azores

2006

"(In)definições Atlânticas", Casa da Cultura de Ponta Delgada, Azores

2005

"Eles", Centro Cultural de Angra do Heroísmo, Azores

Collections

EDP Foundation, Lisbon
Calouste Gulbenkian Foudation, Lisbon
Calouste Gulbenkian Foudation, Paris
IAC, Instituto Açoriano de Cultura, Azores
BESart, Banco Espírito Santo, Lisbon
Feira de Arte de Vigo, Spain
Caixa Nova, Galiza, Spain
Casa Museu Fernando Pessoa, Lisbon
Museu de Angra do Heroísmo, Azores
Colectión Norte, Gobierno de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Arquipélago Collection, Direcção Regional da Cultura, Azores
CNAP, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, France
MAS-Museu de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea de Santander, Spain

bibliografia

"Dérives des baigneuses", Filigrane, Paris, France
"La Vie Immédiate", Éditions Loco
"Le Silence des Sirènes", Éditions Loco
"Anticyclone", autor edition
"D.R(Diário da República)", Kameraphoto, EDP Foudation, Oporto
"Caucase, Souvenirs de Voyage,Calouste", Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
"Há Metafísica Bastante em Não Pensar em Nada", Casa Fernando Pessoa, C.M. Lisbon