Celia Rocha

Background

About Celia Rocha

California Arts Council Emerging Artist Fellowship Grant recipient 2023 Published author in An Artist and a Mother book, Demeter Press, Ontario, Canada in 2023 Born 1976 Lisbon, Portugal Lives and works in Los Angeles and Santa Ana SELECTED EDUCATION 2018 Master of Fine Arts in Public Practice | Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles 2006 Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, Cum Laude | Soka University | Aliso Viejo SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2023 As Pure As Fresh Snow | Radical Patience Los Angeles | Los Angeles 2022 As Pure As Fresh Snow | She/They Gallery of Womyn’s Art | Santa Ana 2018 Maternal Matters | Bolsky Gallery | Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles 2012 Untitled | The Neighborhood Cup | Aliso Viejo, CA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023 Artist Showcase | Santa Ana Arts Collective | Santa Ana 2021 MoitaMostra | Serra Centro d’Arte | Moita, Castro Daire, PortugaL Brand 49 Works on Paper | Brand Library and Art Center | Glendale. Juror: Marvella Muro, Director of Artistic Programs and Education at Self Help Graphics in Los Angeles ARTIS | Posto de Turismo | Seia, Portugal Maternochronics | Virtual exhibition | maternochronics.com 2020 Portraits | Las Laguna Gallery | Laguna Beach, CA 2019 Arte Nostra Damus | Centro Cultural da Malaposta | Olival Basto, Odivelas, Portugal 2018 IX Feira de Arte Contemporanea | Espaco Fernando Relvas | Amadora, Portugal Moita Mostra | Casa das Artes | Moita Castro Daire, Portugal SoCal MFA | Claremont Graduate University and Millard Sheets Art Center | Pomona. Juror: Howard N. Fox, former curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art See Something Say Something | Bolsky Gallery | Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles 2017 Pico Block Party Open Studios | 18th Street Arts Center | Los Angeles Cryin' Out Loud | Center for Contemporary Arts | Santa Fe. Juror: Micol Hebron 2012 Something Superbly Small: Pint-Sized Art | City of Brea Art Gallery | Brea Made in California | City of Brea Art Gallery | Brea, CA. Juror: Rebecca Morse, Associate Curator, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles | Catalog 2011 Summer Juried Show | Sylvia White Gallery | Ventura 2010 National Juried Exhibition | Sylvia White Gallery | Ventura 2006 Centered on the Center | Huntington Beach Art Center | Huntington Beach 2004 Soka Art Exhibition | Soka University | Tokyo, Japan 1997 V Bienal de Fotografia | Edificio da Patriarcal | Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal | Catalogue