Paula Rosa was born in Lisbon on 13 April 1970. Revealed early a great fascination for the Visual Arts and Design, which arose naturally in her academic training. In 1998 completed a degree in Design for Educational Facilities at the Institute Jean Piaget, Lisbon. In Sweden, she participated in conferences, workshops and courses at the University of Halmstad, at the Nordic Center for Research on Toys and Educational Media and at Brio AB, Brio Scanditoy, where she participated in projects and studies. In addition, developed a variety of projects in the area of special equipment, targeted to individuals with chronic non-progressive encephalopathy, blind and partially sighted. Was co-founder of HomoLudens Design, specialized in the creation of industrial equipment, graphic design and communication. In 2008, completed a degree in Design of Equipment and Space at the Lusófona University in Lisbon.

Alongside her activity as a designer, explored passionately various artistic ways and means within the Visual Arts. Painting and Sculpture assumed a preferential status in her artistic activity. From the traditional canvas to the tridimensionality of forms, searched for new languages and sought new means of expression, aware that learning has the exact duration of a lifetime.

In 2000, she became aware of the importance of new digital technologies and how they have been revolutionizing the world of arts, starting a period of experimentation and exploration of the computer as a tool for artistic creation. The new digital screen displays up to Paula Rosa, as an infinite canvas, full of possibilities and completely fascinating. From the digital technology results the wonderful fusion of arts and emerge a completely new aesthetics, putting the artist in a captivating world where the fast development of resources and tools, feeds and continuously enriches the creative process. Paula Rosa have explored new techniques, themes, tools and languages in the digital context, seeking to combine the different visual arts such as painting, photography, drawing, video and the wide area of Design, with the music, architecture and literature. Her work can be found in international collections, in a variety of online galleries, in some national and international publications, in the Museum of Digital Arts and the Museum of Computer Art Paula Rosa has carried out training operations in the context of art created digitally, through conferences and workshops, to disseminate and raise awareness of new designers to the importance of technology to serve the artist. Has established collaborations with various authors and institutions, national and international, either in collaborative artistic creations, both in the foundation of communities, groups, clubs and other projects related to the disclosure, development, organization and classification of digital artistic production.

SOLO SHOWS

2007 - A Nova Media Digital na Arte, Museu da Água, Coimbra

2006 - Mouse it! Seixal, Portugal

2005 - Surrealizar por aqui. Lisboa Camara Club, Lisboa, Portugal.

2004 - Vestigial Nymphs. Convento de S. Domingos.Évora, Portugal.

2004 - Malfunctions. Seixal, Portugal.

GROUP SHOWS

2008 - La evolución de Darwin, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid
2008 - A Evolução de Darwin, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon