Camila Rocha

Camila Rocha

Camila Rocha (*1977) is an artist based between São Paulo and Istanbul. Since 1998 her practice engages with plant life through observation of species, landscapes, colours, and textures, translating them into drawing, paintings, video, photography and large-scale installations. Moving between the real and the imagined, she creates new species of plants and variations of existing ones. Her recent exhibitions include the Giant Fern at Abdülmecit Efendi Köşkü; Samambaia Issues at Öktem Aykut; Florikultur sp. at the School of Botany in São Paulo; A Rose is a Rose, is a Rose? At the Autostrada Biennale in Kosovo; and Sefatoryum, a large-scale site-specific installation at Istanbul Modern. These projects reflect an echo into traditional uses of plants in healing, domestic life, and storytelling. She has held residencies across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, and undertaken research expeditions to the Chilean Patagonia, the Rocky fields in Mardin and Minas Gerais and the Amazon. Over the past eight years, she has studied Botany, forming a practice that bridges scientific observation and artistic translation.

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25.10.2018 – 01.01.2018