Bio

RITA SOROMENHO
Born in Lisboa, Portugal 1977.
Currently lives and works in London.

Education

2007 MA Photography, LCC - University of the Arts London, London
2002 Photography II, Ar.Co - Arts and Communication School, Lisbon
1999 BA (Honours) Media and Film Studies, FCSH - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Nem Tanto ao Mar Nem Tanto a Terra (Not So Far at Sea Not So Much in Land), VPF Cream Art, Lisbon, Portugal

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009
Opulence, Latitude Photographers, Alternative Arts Gallery, London, UK
I Always New You Would Come Back, Latitude Photographers, Photomonth, Swanfield Yard, London, UK*
N16 Fringe, Praxis Gallery, London, UK
I Always New You Would Come Back (film), Latitude Photographers, Latitude Festival, Suffolk, UK*
Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch), Hoxton Square, UK
Hidden Gems, The Flower Cellars, East End Arts Club, London, Uk
I always knew you would come back, Latitude Photographers at Time exhibition curated by Photo-Festivals, International Format Photography Festival’ 09, Derby*
Chobi Mela International Photography Festival, Daka, Bangladesh

2008
Chiaroscuro, by Pharos Gallery, Ada Street, London, UK*
The One Tone Show, Shoreditch Town Hall, London, UK
New Contemporaries 2008, Club Row, London, UK*
Circles of Latitude, Photomonth, Four Corners, London, Uk
New Contemporaries 2008, Liverpool Biennal, Liverpool, UK*
Anticipation, curated by Kay Saatchi and Catriona Warren,
Ultralounge, Selfridges, Oxford St, London
Through The Lenses, RWA Open Photography Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2007
Foundations, Roof Unit and [Space] studios, London, UK
LCC MA Photography Final Exhibition, London, UK
Showoff, County Hall Gallery, London, Uk
Mysteries, Secretes, Illusions, Kaunas Photo 07, Kaunas Picture Gallery, Lithuania*
2006
Distortions: Challenging the Real Through Photography, La Viande Gallery, London, UK*
2005
Intimacy [human people], Photomonth, Campbell Works, London, UK
2002
Final Show, Ar.co, Lisboa, Portugal

Talks

2007 Olympic Forum Artists, Space Studios, London

Art Fairs

2008 Form Art Fair, Saatchi Online Gallery, London

Publications

Trespass, Utopia/Dystopia?, August/September 2008
Impulsive Random Project, Issue 7, November 2007
Lukasz Marczweski, Zniesksztalcona alternatywa dla rzeczywistosci, Galerie, 4 November 2006

Awards

2009 Shortlisted Sony World Photography Awards, Constructed and Conceptual category
2007 Shortlisted IPG Terry O’Neill 2007 Awards

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