Rochelle Costi
Rochelle Costi | |
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Born | 1961 |
Died | 26 November 2022 São Paulo, Brazil |
Education | Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul |
Occupation(s) | Photographer, photojournalist, painter, installation art, visual artist |
Rochelle Costi (1961–2022) was a Brazilian photographer, painter, and installation artist.[1] She was a prominent name in contemporary art in Brazil,[2] and exhibited her work internationally. She photo-documented life in São Paulo in a systematic approach similar to an ethnographical study.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Rochelle Costi was born on 1961 in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. She graduated in 1981 with a degree in social communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS).[4]
Career
[edit]Costi moved to São Paulo in 1988; and between 1991 and 1992, she lived in London, where she studied at the Saint Martin's School of Art and worked at Camera Work (a gallery).[4] She gained prominence for her artwork in the 1990s.[2]
As a photographer, Costi worked in different newspapers and magazines.[4] She participated in the "Quadrennial of Photography" at the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art (1985); "A Paixão do Olhar", at the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro (1993); "Contaminated Photography", at Centro Cultural Sao Paulo (1994); "Novas Travessias: New Directions In Brazilian Photography", at The Photographers' Gallery, London (1995); "Sampa", at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (1996); VI Bienal de La Habana (Cuba, 1997); X Biennial of Cuenca, Ecuador (2009); 29th São Paulo Art Biennial (2010); 20th Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala (2016).[5][6][4][2]
Her work is in museum and public collections, such as Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisbon; Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Marseille, France; Fundación Arco, Madrid; Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, USA; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, USA; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo; São Paulo Museum of Modern Art; and Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro.[6]
She died on 26 November 2022 at the age of 61 in São Paulo, after being run over by a motorcycle.[4][2]
Awards
[edit]- 1997, Marc Ferrez Award (Brazilian Portuguese: Marc Ferrez da Funarte) from the National Arts Foundation of Brazil[1]
- 1999, National Photography Award of the National Arts Foundation of Brazil
- 2017, Marcantônio Vilaça award[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Vasquez, Pedro. "Biografia de Rochelle Costi" [Biography of Rochelle Costi]. Brasil Memória das Artes.
- ^ a b c d "Morre Rochelle Costi, artista visual que reinventou a fotografia com escala insólita" [Rochelle Costi, visual artist who reinvented photography with an unusual scale, dies]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-11-26. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ^ Tormey, Jane (2013). Cities and Photography. Routledge. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-415-56439-7.
- ^ a b c d e f "Artista plástica Rochelle Costi morre aos 61 anos, em São Paulo" [Plastic artist Rochelle Costi dies at age 61 in São Paulo]. Pioneiro GZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ^ Acevedo, Anabella (August 2016). "The 20th Paiz Art Biennial in Guatemala: Of Continuity and Change". Artnexus, Vol. 102. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ^ a b "Instalação com 200 corações marca a grande individual de Rochelle Costi no Rio" [Installation with 200 hearts marks Rochelle Costi's big solo show in Rio]. ArtRio16. 2016. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016.
- 1961 births
- 2022 deaths
- 21st-century Brazilian artists
- 21st-century Brazilian women artists
- Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art
- Brazilian installation artists
- Brazilian photographers
- Brazilian women artists
- Brazilian women photographers
- People from Caxias do Sul
- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul alumni