About

Andrea Rocha  
b. 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

currently living between London and Rio



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Education

Master of Fine Arts, Chelsea College of Arts UAL, 2019 - with Distiction
Post Graduate Diploma of Fine Arts, Chelsea College of Arts UAL, 2018
Bachelor in Languages, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, 2005
Bachelor in Social Comunication, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, 1987

Study Groups and Collectives
Art School Plus, selected to participate in the inaugural training programme for connecting earlier carrier artists with public realm commissions, London, 2022
Grupo de Estudos Fábrica de Ratoeiras (led by artists Cadu and Arthur Chaves), online since 2020
Bora Girls Women Art Ensemble, online since 2020
Grupo de Estudo Marcos Bonisson, since 2013

Solo Exhibitions

2019
'Selfie Portraits' @ Estúdio Aprazível Marcos Chaves, Rio de Janeiro (August) 


Selected Group Exhibitions

2022       ‘Dans La Forêt’ @Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris (July)
                  ‘Corpórea’ @ Fábrica Bhering, Rio de Janeiro (July)
                  ‘Infestação/Enfestação, Fábrica de Ratoeiras @Z42, Rio de          
                  Janeiro (July)
                  ‘Fine Art Alumni 2020 @Chelsea College of Arts, London (July)
                  ‘Art of Fake News’ @Rich Mix, London (May)
            
2021        '(Dé)construction' @ Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris (October)
                 'Pequeno Piquete Piquenique' online exhibition, Fabrica de
                  Ratoeiras Concorde (September)

2020
‘I Am Not The Only One’ @ Koppel Projects, London (December)
‘Save As’ @ Estação Canelas, Estarreja, Portugal (November)
‘BLAW Bora Editions’ @ Blaze Image Gallery, London (November)
‘Fotos Pró Rio’, online Photography Project, charity event during pandemic, Rio de Janeiro (August)

2019
'Supernatural' @ Wells Projects, London (November)
'Mercator: Distortions and Projections in Discovery' @ Triangle Space Gallery, London (October)
‘Chelsea MA Fine Art Summer Show 2019’ @ Chelsea College of Arts, London (July)
‘Lab Store T-shirt Project’ @ Lab Store, London (June)
‘ArteFat’, selected by curators Pahlavi Surana & Sofia Palacios (Sotheby's Institute of Art) in collaboration with Peter Ibberson @ Cookhouse Gallery, London (June)              
‘Art in the Castle’ @ Bletchingley Castle, Surrey (May)     
‘Supernatural’ @ Mafa Gallery, London (May)
‘Dress Rehearsal I’, in collaboration with Lelia Byron @ Cookhouse Gallery, London (April)
‘Cookies & Coke’, Batch Collective @ Art N. 23 Gallery, The Old Biscuit Factory, Bermondsey, London (March)
‘One Night Stand’ @ Coco Room, Wimbledon College of Arts, London (March)
‘Be Mine’, installation and performance @ Cookhouse Gallery, London (February)
‘Wicked Game’ @ Triangle Space, London (January)

2018
‘Spectacular Sensation’, Medicine Gallery @ Five Bells, New Cross, London (December)
‘Livro Inventado II’, artist’s books exhibition @ Galeria Oriente, Rio de Janeiro (December)
‘Obsessions’ @ Cookhouse Gallery, London (November)
‘FOUR’, presented by 5in5 @ Stour Space, London (July)
‘Undergraduate Summer Show 2018’ Chelsea College of Arts (June)
‘THREE’, presented by 5in5 @ hARTslane, London (June)
‘TWO’, presented by 5in5 @ Buster Mantis, London (May)

2017
‘Livro Inventado I’, artists’ books exhibition @ Galeria Oriente, Rio de Janeiro (July)
‘Feira URCA’, artists’ books exhibition @ Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro (June)

2014
‘Flicks’ @ Galeria Paçoca, Rio de Janeiro (December)

2013
‘Campo de Livros II’ @ Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, artists’ books exhibition, Rio de Janeiro (June)

2012
‘Campo de Livros’ @ Casa da Ladeira, artists’ books exhibition, Rio de Janeiro (June)


Teaching

2019

2018
Workshop on Interpretation. MA Fine Arts @ Chelsea College of Arts, London (October)

Speaker at Dr. Claudia Chigres ‘Literature and Other Arts’ class @ Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro (September)


Awards

2018
Selected by the ‘Orbital’ project from Lewis Global Communications to display in the Lewis Millbank Tower office, London (June)