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riocarmendrop@gmail.com
Rotterdam, The Netherlands Örebro, Sweden Parallel to our public life we all live a private life, in which we safely tuck away our secrets and insecurities. In public situations we may come up with nifty solutions to hide what discomforts us, but it is those moments alone that are most confronting. Though we can hide even ourselves from many insecurities, there is no escape from bodily discontent. We can not avoid confrontation with our body on a regular base.
It is this what caught my interest when I created my first hair works ("Yearbook", "Personality Portraits"). Through hair, I explored self-image and self-expression to the outside world. Upon concluding a contradiction between the two, I delved deeper into the inner world of my subjects as well as my own. To do so I deepened my focus towards the thin line between self-consciousness and self-confidence. In this regard my work consists of subjective matter. I like for there to be room for interpretation in my work. By utilising hair as a surrealist matter one can decide for themselves to either take the work lightheartedly or to shape it to their own ideas. Therefore when a work is finished it is no longer ‘mine’ conceptually. |
Education
2019 - 2022 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague NL 2016 - 2019 Fine Art Foundation, Örebro Art School, Örebro SE 2010 - 2014 Fine Woodworking, Hout- en Meubileringscollege, Rotterdam NL Solo exhibitions 2021 Sommarresident, Paviljong Lux, Örebro SE 2018 Point of view, Bunkern Gallery, Örebro SE 2017 Let your hair down, The Contemporary Garage, Örebro SE Duo exhibitions 2021 skin (textile) body, with Daria Edström, Paviljong Lux, Örebro SE 2019 Rio Drop & Charlotte Ostritsch, Galleri Exposé, Örebro SE Group exhibitions 2022 (Post)Human Imaginaries, Spaarnestad Photo, The Hague, NL 2021 As Is, Where Is, Royal Academy of Art, Den Haag NL Review, Trixie, Den Haag NL Exhibition Research Lab, Royal Academy of Art, Den Haag NL 2019 Things Will Change, TENT, Rotterdam NL Up and Coming, Örebro Konsthall, Örebro SE Rio Drop & Charlotte Ostritsch, Galleri Exposé, Örebro SE 2018 Mahalla festival: Generating New Narratives, Diyalog Dernegi, Valletta MT Svensk Konst Nu!, Nora Art, Nora SE Now's The Time, Örebro Konsthall, Örebro SE Slättens Vårsolanche, Galleri Slätten, Malmö SE 2017 Springtime for XXXXXX, Örebro Konsthall, Örebro SE 2016 Örebro Konstskolas Vårutställning, Örebro Konsthall, Örebro SE Residencies 2021 Summer Studio Residency, KonstBunkern SE Curating 2021 1/1 - This Is Not a Copy, This Is an Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, Den Haag NL Grants 2018 International Grant - Culture, Region Örebro Län SE 2018 Studio Scholarship, Örebro Art College SE Press Konstutställning gjord av hår i hemligt galleri, Nerikes Allehanda, February 23, 2017. 21. Hon får sommarresidens hos Konstbunkern ”Skapar kroppsliknande föremål”, Nerikes Allehanda, March 3, 2021 |
