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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Instituto Jean Piaget - Portugal. Pedagogigal Materials, Equipment Design and Production, Industrial Design, Graphic Design.
Halmstad University - Sweden. Nordic Center for Research on Toys and educational Media. Conferences and workshops.
Brio AB/Brio Toy, Brio Scanditoy - Sweden. R&D department.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Co-founder of HomoLudens Design, Lisbon: graphic, industrial and educational materials design.
Design projects involving special equipment for children with brain paralisys, for the blind and children with ambliopy.
Projects including urban design, architectural, interiors, packaging, information, publication and illustration. Plastic Arts.
PROFILE
Paula's interest in drawing and painting started at an early age.
'I believe I've always hated limiting frames and I certainly like to experiment on new materials. The material world is a giant canvas and an infinity of mediums, as well as the mind. Experimentation means to me real apotheosis, the quintessence of knowledge. I'm a perfectionist. Although I'm conscious that I will never reach perfection. I've just been truly enjoying the endless road.'
Studied Art and Design at school, since she was 14. Later at university and always for a lifetime.
'To live is to learn, to learn is to experiment and vice versa. It's a constant in my life.'
Finished the studies at university in 1998 and since then Paula Rosa has been working in her studio in Lisbon as a freelancer. Simultaneouly, has dedicated some time to artistic activities as painting and sculpture. In 2003, being conscious of the importance of digital technologies and how they have been revolutionizing the arts, she began to experiemnt several techniques in the digital canvas.
'I believe that a new aestetics has grown and expanded from the digital media, allowing the artist more freedom during the creative act, in which the computer represents both, the material and the medium, being a powerful tool as fast as imagination.'
'It's not easy to answer when I'm asked to define my art in a few words. I've always faced it as “... a product of dreams with eyes opened widely, a journey through the human brain, exploring its darker places, opening imaginary doors to empty imaginary rooms... or maybe not.”
Since 2005 she has been involved in some projects with the author Manuel Carmo, a renowned portuguese personality in the world of Arts. Paula Rosa is also an active member of ARTES- Seixal Cultural Association and member of Surrealists (Surrealist International). She has been represented in several national and international exhibitions and has some permanent galleries online.
SOLO SHOWS
2007 - New Digital Media in Art, Water Museum, Coimbra, Portugal
2006 - Mouse it! Seixal, Portugal
2005 - Surrealizar por aqui. Lisboa Camara Club, Lisboa, Portugal.
2005 - Digitalisms. Museum of Computer Art.
2004 - Vestigial Nymphs. Convento de S. Domingos. Évora, Portugal.
2004 - Malfunctions. Seixal, Portugal.
