SANDRA ROCHA
Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, 1974.
Lives and works in Paris.

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 is nowa vibrant cultural hub in Lisbon.
Her last curatorial project «Um Diário da República» has been selected torepresent Portugal at the international festival «Photo - España 2011».
As a photographer she is working on «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 is represented by Fonseca Macedo Gallery, Azores, Portugal.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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 Gallery, Azores
2013| Waterline,Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria), Spain
Anticiclone,Fonseca Macedo Gallery, Ponta Delgada, 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 Gallery, 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


BOOKS
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


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