Roberta Lima was born in Manaus, Brazil. After graduating with a degree in architecture in 2001 from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Sao Leopoldo), she moved to Vienna where she now lives and works. In 2007 she earned a Master’s degree in Fine Arts and in 2013 her PhD in Philosophy at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I focus on my own body as theme for my work and use various media, such as photographs, video and installations. Additionally I investigate space and appropriate aspects of different places and contexts – from subculture to science, from popular media to historical reference and feminist theory – for producing art and starting discussions on the role of artist and viewer.
Displacement
White Box, New York, 2012 © Roberta Lima. Photographs Riot of Perfume.
Courtesy of the artist and Charim Galerie.
Synchronicity
Cairo Biennial, 2008 © Roberta Lima. Photographs Anja Manfredi.
Courtesy of the artist and Charim Galerie.
The Rings
Vienna, 2005 © Roberta Lima. Photographs Roberta Lima and Ulrike Köppinger.
Courtesy of the artist and Charim Galerie.
Making of The Rings
Vienna, 2005 © Roberta Lima. Photographs Roberta Lima and Ulrike Köppinger.
Courtesy of the artist and Charim Galerie.
Truly Pure
Vienna Secession, 2010 © Roberta Lima. Photographs Ana Paula Franco.
Courtesy of the artist and Charim Galerie.