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About Rosa
Rosa Mar Tato Ortega is a Spanish-Australian visual artist. She has a post graduate degree in Fine Arts and is a creative collaborator and practicing artist currently living on the Mornington Peninsula.
Rosa’s referees will attest that she has the ability to create work independently and/or
collaboratively and facilitates dynamic outcomes. Her referees or collaborators will also communicate that her outcomes inspire the public to look beyond the limits of traditional object-based art.
Her own work outcomes whether in public or private spaces, relate to site and immersion, and listening to story. She acknowledges that it takes some level of curatorial risk to be commissioned or involved in projects. Her art outcomes are about the possibilities that evolve, working through a state of allowing and unfolding.
Her role outside of her arts practice often involves being a conduit between artist and institution/organisation; facilitating logistics, media and frameworks in support of artists and their work.
Rosa is an experienced PA, handling those important lists that are often unachievable to tick off, for local and international artists. This often includes media, meeting of VIP’s and co-ordinating travel.
Rosa also works as a Creative Mentor and offers 6 x 1:1 online sessions called 'Live where you fear to live.' She has worked with various clients in the realms of the Arts, Performing Arts, Law, Gender Identity, as well as providing a VIP Liaison service for international events given her qualifications as a NAATI interpreter.
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EDUCATION
2007 B.A. Fine Art (Sculpture) Honours Degree with Distinction RMIT
2005 B.A. Fine Art (Sculpture) RMIT
2001 Certificate of Engineering Bronze Casting RMIT
1988 NAATI Level 2 Interpreting/Translating RMIT (Spanish)
1985 Diploma of Arts (Recreation/Youth Work)
PUBLIC ART/PROJECTS/COMMISSIONS
23 Jika Jika Community Centre Commission
22/23 Moonee Valley City Council Public Art Commission
20 Art is in Our Nature Save Westernport Bay Fundraiser
19 Immerse - City of Knox - Coonara House & Knox Civic Centre
17/18 Coolart Homestead & Wetlands/Parks Victoria - Artist In Residence (AIR)
16 Saltwater Community Art Centre Public Art Commission - Wyndham City
15 Natimuk Frinj Festival
15 Women's Art Register (WAR) 40 Year Celebration
15 Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre Window Commission
13 'The Fates' Gertrude Street Projection Festival
10/12 Embracing Distance City of Melbourne/33 Alfred St North Melbourne
11 Hawthorn Road Private outdoor site-specific commission Hawthorn Melbourne
10 Steel Garden Inner City Project Richmond Melbourne
10 El Pañuelo - Crown Casino VIP Teak Room Commissioned by Bates Smart Architects Melbourne
10 Vauxhall Rd private outdoor site-specific commission Melbourne
08 Maha Bar & Grill/Press Club Commissioned by Mills Gorman Architects
08 Bundle of Sticks Public Art Commission Assistant to Dr Weissensteiner
06 Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Assistant to Artist Penelope Lee
Melbourne Commonwealth Games Project
05 Common Ground: Birrarung Marr, Melbourne Artist Assistant
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
18 Colour’t By Sea – A Kaleidoscope of Observations I & II; May & November Exhibitions; Coolart Homestead & Wetlands/Parks Victoria
15 Art-making in Tandem Women's Art Register (WAR) 40 Year Celebration City Library Melbourne
14 Tu Don Metal Series Gear Box Gallery Melbourne Grammar School
11 Seasonal Feast Lovegrove Winery
07 Desplazada IMP Gallery Melbourne
06 Desplazada First Site RMIT Union Gallery Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
23 Coolart Wetlands
22 Love where you live Jackie Jones Gallery
Stitching Change Assembly Point City of Melbourne & Creative Spaces
Stitching Change 45 Downstairs
20 Art Red Hill
19 Art Red Hill
18 Somers Art Fair
17 Art Red Hill
16 Lorne Sculpture Biennale
15 Unfolding Flora Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
14 Obscura MGS curated by Cat Poljski
13 25 Sculptures@the World Trade Centre curated by [MARS] Gallery Melbourne
13 From the table, Conduit Artspace, Fitzroy curated by Claire Robertson and Ria Green.
13 Doing Impressions, Conduit Artspace, Fitzroy curated by Kasia Lynch
13 Biennial Acquisitive Exhibition Methodist Ladies’ College curated by Genèvre Becker
12 NGV Studio - Fluoresce Curated by David Hurlston, Deborah Ratcliff & Rowena Martinich
11 Exchange Maryborough QLD curated by Amanda van Gils
11 Toyota Indoor Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition/ Toyota Community Spirit Artist Travel Award - Finalist Special Commendation
11 Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition & Awards - Finalist
11 Sculpture in the Gaol South West Rocks - Finalist
11 Mt Eyre Art Prize Rex Livingston Sydney - Finalist
10 NEM Art Summit Barcelona Spain - Finalist
10 Off Tap Upstairs Melbourne
10 Mt Eyre Art Prize Sydney - Finalist
09 Made In China Seventh Night Screen
09 Object & Construct AXIAMODERNART
08 Fluoresce Part 3 – Area Contemporary Art Space, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
08 Totem Atrium Gallery Federation Square Melbourne Fringe Festival
08 Exquisite St. Lukes Palette Exhibition Melbourne Fringe Festival
08 "El Arte Se Vende II Aniversario” Colar..te Galeria Santander Spain
07 Cheung Kong Endeavour Award China Art Residency RMIT School of Art Gallery Melbourne
06 Baldessin Sculpture Travelling Fellowship VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery Melbourne - Finalist
05 Digital'05: EXQUISITE International Digital Print Exhibition New York
Hall of Science New York City USA - Finalist
RESIDENCIES
17/18 Parks Victoria/Coolart Wetlands and Homestead
12 NGV Studio
10 Menzies Shire Artist In Residence Western Australia
07 RMIT/ECNU Shanghai China (Funded by DEST)
GRANTS/AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
22 Creative Economy Grant 2022/23 Mornington Peninsula Shire
14 International Public Art Award (IPAA) Semi Finalist
11 City Of Melbourne Arts Grant - Arts Participation Projects in conjunction with North Melbourne Language and Learning.
10 ArtStart Australian Council for the Arts Recipient
06/07 Endeavour - Cheung Kong Student Exchange Program (CKSEP) in conjunction with RMIT/DEST Shanghai, China
05 George Alexander Foundation Scholarship Recipient
04 RMIT University Union Arts Grant Recipient
EMPLOYMENT/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
22 Mornington Peninsula Shire Arts and Culture Advisory (ACAP) Panelist
21 Mornington Peninsula Arts & Culture Mentoring Session
20 National Innovation Games Paddl & Australian Council for the Arts
Creative Digital Solutions: For the Arts, Culture and Creative Sector
19 PR Consultant
18 AIR Talks at Coolart/Schools in Mornington Peninsula
17 Art Red Hill Artist Talk
16 RMIT Short Course Coordinator School of Art
13 MLC Biennial Art Exhibition Guest Presenter
12 Lead Artist Arts Access Victoria
12 Artist In Residence Juvenile Justice Centre
12 NGV Studio Artist Talk
10 Artist Talk NEM Art Summit Barcelona Spain
09 The Littlest Forum (TLF)
07-13 Artery Cooperative member
06 The Age Melbourne Fringe Festival
07 NeoSpring Creative Festival Shanghai China
04-06 RMIT Union Arts volunteer
RMIT/New York Art Study Tour USA
ESSAYS
12 Claire Anna Watson Fluorescent relations: A boundless territory
07 Brita Frost The Displaced Heirloom: a response to Rosa Tato’s “Desplazada”
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES/MEDIA
Mornington Peninsula Leader October 2018
Gadd, Denise
‘Sculpture shows community's rich cultural palette’ The Age 5/11/2012 p.7, Sydney Morning Herald Moore, Sian
'Embracing Distance' City Library
At the Cutting Edge Visual Impact Australia September 08
“Colarte celebra su segundo aniversario con 'El arte se vende” El Diario Montañes Santander Spain June 08“Un documental y una colectiva, en el Segundo aniversario de la Galería Santanderina Colarte El Diario Montañes Santander Spain May 22 08
«Cheung Kong Endeavour Award Scholarship» Cheung Kong Group 2007
“10 Years Underground,” First Site, R.M.I.T. Gallery Publication 2006
“Arts go Hell for Leather” Herald Sun; Thursday, June 29, 2006
«Baldessin Travelling Scholarship Exhibition « The Age Weekender; April 1 06
'Students look to Bonegilla' The Border Mail September 8, 2005 Pg 1.
COLLECTIONS
Wyndham City Public Art Collection: Not So Silent Witnesses (Wetlands) (2015)
Crown Casino (2010)
Private Collections: Spain, France, The Netherlands, USA and Australia.
Awards. Residencies. Commissions.
Rosa was the recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts’ ArtStart Grant & the George Alexander Foundation Scholarship.
She has been the recipient of several Artist-in-Residence grants; a research grant in Shanghai through RMIT School of Art and ECNU Shanghai.
Funded residency in various locations around Menzies Shire in remote Western Australia including month long artist in residence at NGV Studio in 2012 with 10 other women culminating in an exhibition for International Women's Day.
She has recently been awarded a commission to create a series of visual pieces that will be transposed and manufactured into the built environment of the new Flemington Community Hub.
Photo: NGV Studio Residency
Curated by Deborah Ratcliffe & Rowena Martinich
2003 - 2020
Rosa has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally and has received important public, private and site-specific commissions in her home state of Victoria, Australia.