rio roberta lima
Rio Roberta Lima was born in Manaus, Brazil. After graduating with a degree in architecture in 2001, Rio moved to Austria. In 2007 Rio earned a Master’s degree in Fine Arts and in 2013 a PhD in Philosophy at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Lima uses different media such as photographs, videos, sculptures, and paintings to create installations,exploring with alternative narratives of body and space; looking for intersections between nature and technology, mythology and gender nonconformity to produce artworks with sustainable and alternative material sources.
Rio Roberta Lima currently lives in Helsinki.
Roberta Lima has participated in international events, including at the Cairo Biennale (2008), dounaufestival (2008 & 2016), Wiener Festwochen (2016), Kyoto Experiment (2018), Vienna Art Week (2022), and The London Coronet (2019 & 2023). Lima works are in The Verbund Art Collection, Austrian Federal Photography Collection, MUSA Museum Artothek and Ursula Blickle Video Archive and others.
In 2007 Lima was awarded the "Akademiefreundepreis" and "H13 Prize for Performance". In 2013 Roberta Lima received the Award of Excellence for her PhD dissertation and in 2018 the Austrian Citizenship based on their merit, accomplishments, and contributions to the nation.
