Rosarinho Andrade

About Rosarinho

Rosarinho Andrade, born in Lisbon in 1960

With a degree in Medicine, worked almost 30 years in Pharmaceutical Industry, mainly as Marketing & Sales Director.

Arts have always played an important role: music, drawing, embroidery, painting, are examples of artistic engagement throughout her life.

In 2019 decides to embrace a dramatic change in her life and studies Interior Design (ID) at Cascais School of Arts and Design. Discovers Woven Frames through a colleague, immediately falls in love with it and starts experimenting this Tapestry Technique exploring the different possibilities it offers.

With a passion for Architecture, Geometry and Color she tries to transpose to her frames the learnings acquired during the ID course, for example, how to convey depth and perspective in a 2D setting, which is clearly reflected in her work so far.

In 2023 receives 2 invitations from 2 Spanish galleries to have works exhibited at Luxembourg Contemporary Art Fair and Marbella Art & Design Fair, at collective exhibitions in both galleries and works available for sale in two major international contemporary art sites. She has also received invitations from US and German galleries.

She uses preferably Portuguese brands, that warrant a sustainable production, and 100% natural fibers; her preference goes to cotton yarns, single twist, cords, braided, but also jute and linen. She has also used Arraiolos wool (typical wool of Alentejo region in Portugal). Lately she has also added to her range of materials cotton, linen or jute ribbons or fringes.