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riocarmendrop@gmail.com

Örebro, Sweden​
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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    VI IAKTTAR EN TYST MINUT, Lindbacka Galleri, Lindbacka SE
             Graduation Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, Den Haag NL
             ​(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
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
​201      Örebro Konstskolas Vårutställning, Örebro Konsthall, Örebro SE

Residencies
2021    Summer Studio Residency, KonstBunkern SE
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Curating
2021    1/1 - This Is Not a Copy, This Is an Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, Den Haag NL
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​Grants
2018     International Grant - Culture, Region Örebro Län SE
2018     Studio Scholarship, Örebro Art College SE
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Press
Hon får sommarresidens hos Konstbunkern ”Skapar kroppsliknande föremål”,  Nerikes Allehanda, March 3, 2021
​Konstutställning gjord av hår i hemligt galleri, Nerikes Allehanda, February 23, 2017

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