CRIS
ROCHA
Rua
João Moura, 503/14
São
Paulo SP 05412-001
Brasil
Born
in October 23, 1967, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
Currently works with
painting and etching.
Education:
1988
- 1991
UFRGS - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Bachelor
degree on Arts. Specialization in
Printing. Final project on
engraving concluded at the Lasar Segall Museum Print Atelier, in São Paulo,
Brasil.
Workshops
on drawing, painting and printing:
Painting,
drawing and water color courses with well known artists since 1980.
Have been working since 1986, with lithography and etching.
In 1992, together with 10 other artists, started "Oficina 11",
a printing Atelier in Porto Alegre, RS.
1992
- 1994
Moved
to São Paulo, SP and there developed prints at Lasar Segall Museum.
1994
- 1995
Moved
to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1996
- 2000
In
the end of 1995 came back to Porto Alegre, RS , and have been painting
and etching at Iberê Camargo Fundation in Porto Alegre.
2000
-
Moved
again to São Paulo, SP. Have been working in her atelier, and developed prints
at Lasar Segall Museum and at SESC Pompéia.
Professional
Experience:
2001
“Gravadores” group exhibition at SESC, São Paulo, Brasil.
2000
Personal exhibition “Passos que imaginei”, Gravura Gallery, Porto
Alegre, Brasil.
1998
2 nd Group exhibition at
SESC, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Group
exhibition “Impresiones” at Museo del Grabado in Buenos Aires, Argentina;
1997
Personal exhibition “Metal” at Cultural Gallery of Arts in Porto
Alegre (RS) Brazil;
5 th Victor Meirelles exhibition
at Santa Catarina’s Art Museum in Florianópolis (SC) Brazil;
1996
Group exhibition “Gravuras” at Leopoldo Gotuzzo Art Museum in Pelotas
(RS) Brazil;
1995
Group exhibition “Seis Gravadoras Gaúchas” at the Art Museum from
Goiânia (GO) and in the Federal University from Espírito Santo (UFES) Art and
Researches Gallery in Espírito Santo, Brazil;
Group exhibition “Printing Today”, Marc Chagall Cultural Instituto
Judaíco in Haifa, Israel;
1994
“Cris Rocha and Maristela Salvatori” exhibition at Itau Gallery in
Brasília, Capital Federal, Brazil;
1st Nacional exhibition from Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
“3 Gaúchos Artists” in Paço Municipal Gallery, São Bernardo do
Campo (SP), Brazil;
1993
Personal exhibition at Agência de Arte Gallery in Porto Alegre (RS),
Brazil;
Exhibition with Miriam Tolpolar at the Municipal Art Gallery in Caxias do
Sul, Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil.
“Prêmio la
Joven Estampa”, Casa de las Americas, Cuba;
“4th Bienal de Santos”, Patrícia Galvão Cultural Center in Santos
(SP) Brazil;
XVI Chico Lisboa Art exhibition, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil;
1992
Personal exhibition at Banco do Brasil's Gallery in Montevidéo, Uruguay;
"Nucleus of Rio Grande do Sul", at Katholiche Universitat
Eichstatt in Germany;
"10th Porto Alegre's Municipal Camera exhibition", Porto
Alegre, RS, Brazil;
"1st Latin American University Art exhibition", Campo Grande,
Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil - Honor Prize Award;
1991
Group exhibition of Printmakers from RS at Santa Catarina Art Museum,
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil;
Group exhibition at João Fahrion Gallery, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
1990
"2nd National Hall of Fine Arts of Pelotas", Pelotas, RS,
Brazil;
"Printing Showing of Curitiba", Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil;
"2nd Printing Showing from RS", Washington Printmakers Gallery,
Washington DC, USA;
"Grabados Sureños - Brazil Cultural Center", Bogotá, Colômbia;
"Atelier Project", Laje Park, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil;
"2nd Minimum
Format International Salon", Clepsidar Gallery, Bogotá, Colômbia.
1989
Personal exhibition at São Pedro Theater, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil;
"Brasil Painting Today", Rio Grande do Sul's Art Museum, Porto
Alegre, RS, Brazil;
"1st Printing Showing from RS", Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.