luz air residence
Lisbon, Portugal
Working across photography, engraving, and painting, Rosângela Dorazio approaches the image as an unstable surface, open to gesture, removal, and transformation.
Rather than preserving the image, her practice is focused on interruption: cutting, erasing, and reworking the photographic material to create tensions between presence and absence.
Kolibri Gallery
Rosangela Dorazio
artist residency
COLUMNS Series
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Coluna Farol / Lighthouse Column
2026, from the Columns series, acrylic and mixed media, 60 × 40 cm / 23.6 × 15.7 in
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2026, from the Columns series, acrylic and mixed media, 60 × 40 cm / 23.6 × 15.7 in
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2026, from the Columns series, acrylic and mixed media, 60 × 40 cm / 23.6 × 15.7 in
STAR series
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2026, from the Star series, acrylic and mixed media, 130 × 100 cm /51.2 × 39.4 in
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2026, from the Star series, acrylic and mixed media, 130 × 100 cm 51.2 × 39.4 in
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2026, from the Star series, acrylic and mixed media, 130 × 100 cm 51.2 × 39.4 in
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2026, from the Star series, acrylic and mixed media, 130 × 100 cm 51.2 × 39.4 in
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2026, from the Star series, acrylic and mixed media, 130 × 100 cm 51.2 × 39.4 in
LISBON Series
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2026, from the Lisbon series, acrylic and mixed media, 80 × 60 cm/ 31.5 × 23.6 in.
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2026, from the Lisbon series, acrylic and mixed media, 80 × 60 cm 31.5 × 23.6 in.
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2026, from the Lisbon series, acrylic and mixed media, 150 × 70 cm 59.1 × 27.6 in
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2026, from the Lisbon series, acrylic and mixed media, 150 × 80 cm 59.1 × 31.5 in
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2026, from the Lisbon series, acrylic and mixed media, 80 × 60 cm 31.5 × 23.6 in.
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2026, from the Lisbon series, acrylic and mixed media, 60 × 40 cm 23.6 × 15.7 in
Rosângela Dorazio – Altered Realities – Lisbon
In her acrylic and mixed media paintings, Rosângela Dorazio explores transformation and the relationship between the human condition, spirituality, and nature. In the final works, a certain mystery remains, the actions that led the image to its current state are not fully revealed, shaped instead by continuous gestures of making and unmaking.
Her practice investigates human condition, risk, and impulse. With each engagement with matter, multiple temporalities emerge: past, present, and the projection of a future free from pain and suffering. This process unfolds as the artist constructs visual realities intended for constant transformation.
From an initial image, layered narratives are gradually concealed through cuts and painterly interventions. Each action carries an energy that becomes embedded in the final object. Even when no longer visible, the gesture persists, a subtle presence emanating from what once existed.
As with those who came before us, leaving invisible traces that make our present possible.
Altered Realities brings together works in which time, chance, and materiality are not merely processes, but central to meaning.
Kolibri Gallery