Isabel
Rocamora
Isabel Rocamora
Isabel Rocamora born in 1968 in Barcelona, Spain.
Lives and works in Barcelona and Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Image: Ran Yehezkel
Isabel Rocamora is an artist working with the moving image and still photography. Awarded internationally, her moving image works have been commissioned by and curated worldwide in galleries and museums, festivals and for broadcast, and are held in several international collections.
Isabel holds a PhD in film-philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, where she has also taught. Her scholarly writing is located at the intersections of contemporary art, cinema and philosophy.
- 2023
- Pecats Capitals: la Ira Museu dels Sants, Olot, España
- 2020
- Tedium Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscú, Rusia
- 2018
- Somiant Una Possibilitat Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona, España
- 2017
- Ecstatic Solitudes Shaw Gallery at the Webster State University, Utah, United States
- 2016
- Imaging Faith Summerhall Galleries, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- 2015
- Troubled Histories, Ecstatic Solitudes Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- Faith Loop Barcelona, Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain
- 2011
- The Intimacy of Violence Galeria Senda and Arts Santa Monica Museum, Barcelona, Spain
- 2008
- Horizon of Exile Sala Parpalló, Valencia, Spain
- Horizon of Exile Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain
- 2007
- Horizon of Exile Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Horizon of Exile. Dancing on the Edge Festival Cinedans, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2005
- Residual St. John’s Crypt, Bristol, United Kingdom
- 2001
- The Tryst St. Mary's Cementery, Colchester, United Kingdom
- 2020
- Tedium Pushkin State Museum of the Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
- 2018
- Somiant una possibilitat Vila Casas Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
- 2017
- Ecstatic Solitudes Shaw Gallery at the Weber State University, Utah, United States
- Above the Artic Circle The Kaviar Factory, Lofoten, Norway
- 2016
- Beyond the Tropics Museu Història de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- 4x5 (Coleccionistas, creadoras y narrativas audiovisuales) Museo Patio Herreriano de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
- Migrantes en el arte contemporáneo MUNTREF, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Corps Rebelles Musée de la Civilisation, Québec, Canada
- 2015
- Mardin Bienale Mardin, Turkey
- 2014
- Before Day Break Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada
- Shifting Sands: Recent Video from the Middle East, Arizona State University Art Museum, United States
- LOOP/Screen Silicon Valley Contemporary Art Fair, San José, United States
- 2013
- An I for an Eye: Communicating identity and conflict in Art and Media Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, United States
- An Idea of Beauty Strozzina Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze, Italy
- Moving Image itineraries. From LOOP to SCREEN (2003-2013) MAC, A Coruña, Spain
- Artview 01 Galila Atomium Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
- 2012
- Shifting Sands: Recent Video from the Middle East Stanley and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, Texas, United States
- Videoformes 2012 Videoformes Prix de la Création Video, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
- Supertemporal Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
- The Eye of the Collector Museum of Modern Art of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Delimitations Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
- 2011
- Zoom – Decoding Common Practice Art Miami, Miami, United States
- Video(S)torias Artium Museum of Contemporary Art, Vitoria, Spain
- 2010
- Nuevas Historias The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark
- The Video Collection of Rolf Hoff Sørlandet Art Museum, Norway
- L'art de col·leccionar Vilacasas Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
- DDD galería SENDA, Barcelona, Spain
- Magie d’Art, Expressions de 1960 à nos jours Eurosite Liège, Paris, France
- Gesture University of New South Wales, Australia
- Remote Viewing: the Best of Loop Arts Santa Monica Museum, Barcelona, Spain
- 2009
- Cosa de Mujeres l Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo en Barcelona (BAC), Barcelona, Spain
- Remote Viewing: the Best of Loop The Pacific Design Centre, Los Angeles, United States
- 2008
- Exiles in Action Pulse Miami, Miami, United States
- Loop Videoart Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Worlds on Video Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
- 2013 - 2016
- AHRC Doctoral Award University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2015
- Out of Competition Honorable Mention Loop Art Fair Prize
- Creative Scotland Award
- Artist Residency, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2013
- Finalist, Arco Art Fair Prize 2013
- 2012
- British Council New Connections Award, ‘to a U.K artist’s valuable contribution in developing closer cultural relations between the UK and Italy’
- British Council Bi Arts Award Israel
- British Council Forward Motion Award Middle East and Europe
- Honorable Mention Best Screen Dance Short (Body of War) San Francisco Film Festival, USA
- 2011
- Artist Residency, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, USA
- Jury Special Mention (Body of War), IDN Festival, Barcelona, Spain
- 2010
- Jury Special Mention (Promesa de Temps Caigut), Il Coreografo Elettronico, Museo PAN, Naples, Italy
- 2008
- “Outstanding achievement” (Horizon of Exile) DCW Media Honors, Los Angeles, USA
- Jury Special Mention (Horizon of Exile), Il Coreografo Elettronico, Museo MADRE Naples, Italy
- Jury Special Mention Jumping Frames, Hong Kong, China
- 2007
- IMZ Award (Horizon of Exile), The Hague, Netherlands
- 2005
- Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, UK
- 2001
- Year of the artist Award (Space in Place), Arts Council England, U.K.
- 1997-1999
- British Council Touring Award (South Africa, Eastern Europe, US, Venezuela)
- 1995
- Most Creative Event Award (High Vaultage), Live Magazine, U.K.
- Most Innovative Project (High Vaultage), English National Opera, U.K.
- Foundation for Sports and the Arts Award
- 1993
- Prince’s Trust Award
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa
- Banco de Sabadell
- Fundación Foto Collectania
- Fundación Vilacasas
- Colección Amister and The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark