Romy Pocztaruk

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Porto Alegre, RS, 1983. – Lives and works in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Represented by Zipper Galeria e Galeria Gestual e Anita Schwartz Galeria de Arte.
PIPA 2015, 2017 and 2018 nominee.
PIPA 2018 Finalist.

Romy Pocztaruk holds a Master’s degree in Visual Poetics by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Pocztaruk’s photography and video work deals with simulations and the positions from which the artist interacts with different places.

She held solo shows at CDF Centro de Fotografia de Montevideo (2016), Centro Cultural São Paulo (2015), SIM Galeria (2014), Galeria Gestual (2014) and Instituto Goethe POA (2013). And she has participated in such exhibitions as “Uma coleção particular”, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (2015); “Telón De Fondo” (2015), “Backroom Caracas” (2015), Venezuela; 31st São Paulo Biennial (2014), BRICS (2014), Oi Futuro Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; “Convite à Viagem – Rumos Artes Visuais” (2011-13), Itaú Cultural, São Paulo/Rio de Janeiro/Goiânia, Brazil; 9th Mercosul Biennial (2013), Porto Alegre, Brazil; “Region 0” – The Latino Video Art Festival of New York (2013), New York; 64th Paraná Hall (2012), Paraná Contemporary Art Museum, Curitiba, Brazil; Prêmio diário contemporâneo de fotografia (2012), Casa das Onze Janelas, Belém do Pará, Brazil; “Percursos Simulados” (2011), Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brasil; “Simulated Pathways” (2011), Skalitzer 140, Berlin, Germany.