Roberta Queiroga
Roberta Queiroga is a Brazilian-born, Auckland-based artist whose practice explores movement, memory, belonging and place through abstraction, gesture and layered surfaces.
Originally trained as an architect, she approaches painting with a strong awareness of spatial balance, rhythm and structure. Her work often sits between intuition and construction, combining expressive mark-making with an architectural sensitivity to composition and the relationship between artwork, viewer and space.
Queiroga has exhibited throughout New Zealand and internationally. Her work has been presented at Auckland Museum, she was a finalist in the Parkin Drawing Prize, and in 2025 represented New Zealand in an international exhibition of women artists in Dubai. Her recent projects have included a Creative New Zealand-supported residency and cultural exchange in Japan, where she explored ideas of gesture, memory and culture.
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Artworks by Roberta Queiroga
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Tidal Composition – Pulse
See Artwork »Like a single breath unfolding across the canvas, Tidal Composition – Pulse captures the rhythm of continuous movement. Expansive black gestures sweep across a vibrant ground, leaving traces of speed, pressure, and intention.
The work reflects an ongoing dialogue between intuition and structure, where each mark responds to the one before it. Both energetic and contemplative, it invites viewers to experience the painting not as a fixed image, but as a moment suspended in motion.
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Tempest
See Artwork »Rendered in layered black-on-black tones, Tempest reveals itself slowly as light moves across its textured surface. Sweeping gestures emerge from subtle tonal shifts, creating a composition that is both powerful and restrained.
Rather than depicting a storm, the work evokes the energy that exists within one. The moment where movement, tension, and stillness coexist. Rich in texture and depth, Tempest rewards prolonged viewing, offering a quietly dramatic presence that transforms throughout the day as natural light changes.
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Ballerinas I
See Artwork »Reduced to a single gestural line, Ballerinas I explores the relationship between movement, balance, and space. Its black-on-black surface reveals delicate shifts in texture and light, allowing the work to transform throughout the day.
Elegant in its restraint, the painting demonstrates how a single gesture can carry both energy and stillness, making it a quietly compelling presence within contemporary interiors.
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Ballerinas III
See Artwork »Inspired by the movement of a ballerina’s feet as they touch, press against, and lift from the floor, Ballerinas III traces a quiet choreography through fluid black-on-black lines.
The composition explores balance, weight, rhythm, and the fleeting point of contact between body and ground. As light moves across the surface, subtle shifts in texture and sheen gradually reveal the gesture.