Roberta Lima was born in 1974 in Manaus, Brazil.
After graduating with a degree in architecture in 2002, she moved to Europe where she now lives. In 2007, after earning a Master's degree in Fine Arts, she began her PhD studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She is current Associate Researcher at GradCAM in Dublin.
Roberta focuses on her own body as theme for her work and uses various media, such as photographs, video and installations. Additionally that she investigates space and appropriates aspects of different places and contexts – from subculture to science, from popular media to historical reference and feminist theory – for producing art and starting discussions on the role of artist and viewer.



Solo Exhibitions


2009 "From Transgression to Transcription" (Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Tirol)

2008 "Into Pieces" (das weisse haus, Vienna)

2008 "6teen Stitches" (Donaufestival, Krems)

2007 "Lights Out!" (Kunstraum NOE, Vienna)

2007 "Cut it Out!" – Body & Video Installation (Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana)



Group Exhibitions (selected)


2009 "PERFORMANCE II: Übertragung und Übersetzung" (Gallery Raum mit Licht, Vienna)

2009"Fragments of Art in Translation" (Gallery Raum mit Licht, Vienna)

2008 "Synchronicity" in collaboration with Dorit Margreiter (11th International Cairo Biennale)

2007 "Reich und schön müssen leider draussen bleiben" (Gallery FIELD, Berlin)

2007 "Provokation? II Unterschiedliche Aspekte von Provokation" (Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna)

2007 "Fresh Europe 07" (Kogart House, Budapest)

2007 "SCOOP 07" (Momentum – Photographie Editionen, Vienna)

2007 "Diploma exhibition 06/07" (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna – Semperdepot)

2007 "ARTmART" (Künstlerhaus, Vienna)

2007 "Auftritte": Collaboration with the Austrian artist Anja Manfredi (Galerie Österreichisches Kulturforum, Berlin)

2007 "Inversion": Diploma Work (Aula - Academy of Fine Arts Vienna)

2006 MAK NITE – Exhibition "Microstories Austria – Kurzfilme österreichischer Medienhochschulen" (MAK, Vienna)

2006 "ALL NIGHT LONG"(Christine Koenig Galerie, Vienna)

2005 "I can see clearly now" (Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna

2004 "The Dentist" (Vienna)

2003 "Zurich" (Galerie Gabriele Senn, Vienna)



Prizes, scholarships, and fellowships


2007 Kunstpreis H13 2007 (Kunstraum Noe, Austria)

2007 Akademiefreundepreis (Vienna, Austria)



Artist's Residences


2010 Limerick, Ireland (Daghdha Space)

2009 Beigao. Beijing, China (Red Gate Gallery and Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur, Austria)



Lectures, workshops, conferences


2009 Artists’ talk with artist Eva Schlegel and architect Carl Pruscha (Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Tirol)

2009Artists’ talk – part of the Beijing excursion program of Australian post-graduation students from RMIT MFA and DFA (Beigao studio 5, Beijing).

2008 Presentation of the dissertation "Rethinking Space Through Action" at the conference "State of Play" (Gradcam, Dublin)

2008 "...after the Academy": Talk and discussion at Class from Matthias Herrmann (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna)

2007 Lecture about "Body and Performance" at Class from Prof. Dr. Felicitas Thun (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna)

2007 Artist's discussion at Fotogalerie Wien

2005 "18.28 Vortrags und Gesprächsplattform": Workshop about body modification (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna)

2004 Lecture for the architecture class (Class for Environment & Conservation at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna) from Univ.Prof. Dr. Carl Pruscha.