Rita lives and works between London and Lisbon, 1980
Work
The images she creates, no matter which medium she is working with, (normally Drawing and Photography) are like a dictionary of marks, memories, scratches, places and bodies.
Specially, her drawings and paintings are like doubles, always pretending to be something else. They are somewhat revealing but unrevealing at the same time. They are not the body, they are the blanket that reveals the body.
Normally her drawing process demands a raw gesture and repetition, suggesting essential drawing techniques, usually used in the representation of landscapes or portrait.
Her work talks about her personal experience but also about other people stories - they are always part of the picture. It is normally about memories, both private and collective. Memories fighting with each other, making pressure, trying to overlap to one another. Playing games, who’s the fragile or the strongest.Who´s the winner?
Rita exhibits regularly in London and Portugal. Her work is held in private collections in UK, Germany, Belgium, France and Portugal
Education
2014 - MA Visual Arts Teaching, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, in Lisbon, PT
2004 - BA Fine Arts, Escola Superior de Arte e Design, in Caldas da Rainha PT