In constant dialogue with her role as an educator and psychologist for over two decades, Robertha Blatt delves into the convergence of therapeutic practices and artistic expressions where presence and encounter are guiding principles for sensitizing the potentialities of bodies engaging with spaces, experiences and sensory materialities.
The collective nature of Blatt’s oeuvre surpasses a mere engagement with the finished works; rather, it emanates from the very conception of her artistic propositions, grounded in the dynamic exchange between individuals, institutions, communities, public spaces, artists, and other pivotal cultural agents.
Characterized by relational, installative and durational attributes, Robertha’s artistic practice extends beyond the conventional artist’s role: it encompasses endeavors such as organizing collective and itinerant exhibitions, interfacing with museum collections, devising educational initiatives, promoting roundtable discussions, mobilizing local communities, and collaboratively activating participatory works – events that can only unfold if conjugated in the first person singular and plural simultaneously.
Here, inseparable, “I” and “we” draw from the grammatical palette the ability of flexing verbs – articulating states, actions, and phenomena – while also presupposing an infinite array of mathematical operations from the pronouns’ sum, where the concept of authorship undergoes a transformative process, multiplying in significance when subtracted or divided. This approach therefore endows the equation with a subjective quality, elevating the unknown variables to a value ever exceeding that of the answers.
About
the artist
Group Exhibitions
2025
Ancestral Lines, Coral Spring Museum of Art. Coral Springs, FL, USA.
2024
Another us, Perez Art Museum/PAMM. Miami, FL, USA.
Everything Contains Everything Else (collaborative piece by Red Thread Art Studio Miami Collective), Visions From Inside the Walls, Coral Gables Museum of Art. Coral Gables, FL, USA
Another Myself, Blue Convergence, Coral Springs Museum of Art. Coral Springs, FL, USA.
Another Us Number 2, Performance in Flux. Colour Senses Project, Miami, FL, USA.
Another Us Number 1, Graduate Student Exhibition. Andy Gato Gallery. Miami, FL, USA.
2023
Pedi Um Sonho, curated by Karlla Girotto in collaboration with G>E – Grupo maior que eu. Canteiro Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo, Brazil.
The American Denim, jury composed of Alina Rodriguez Rojo and Colette Mello. MIFA Gallery. Miami, FL, USA.
Máscaras pra que te Quero?. UniRio School of Museology, Museu da República, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Special Projects
2025
Annual Art Outside, BASS Museum. Miami, FL, USA.
Another Us, BASS Museum. Miami, FL, USA.
Guri Guru, BASS Museum. Miami, FL, USA.
2024
Rosa dos Ventos (relational sculpture developed in collaboration with
Aline Gonet). Perez Museum, Miami, FL, USA.
Teacher of communal art activity using finger weaving within Hispanic
Heritage Month Celebration. Perez Museum, Miami, FL, USA.
Call to Opening, conception and execution of a participatory installation.
Barry University, Miami, FL, USA.
2023
Call to Opening, conception and execution of a participatory installation.
MIFA Gallery, Miami, FL, USA.
Select Grants
2019
Arte sobre rodas (itinerant exhibition), conception and execution.
Squares and public spaces in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018
Arte Aproxima, conception and direction of a group exhibition. Curated
by Lisette Lagnado, Museu de Belas Artes do Rio de Janeiro / IBRAM,
Brazil
Publications
2024
Práticas Psicoeducativas, Chapter Do consultório para o museu e para
rua: relato de uma experiência psicoeducativa em arte. Book published by CRV, Brazil
2020
Arte aproxima, 1,000 copies. Book published by Nau das Letras, Brazil
Education
2023–ongoing – Masters of Fine Arts in Photography, College of Arts
and Sciences – Barry University, Miami, USA
2016 – Master in Science in Family and Couples Therapy, PUC-Rio – Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil
2006 – Graduate Certificate in Positive Psychology, with Edna
Ponciano. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2006 – Graduate Certificate in Science in Family and Couples Therapy,
Núcleo Pesquisas. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2003 – Graduate Certificate in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CEPAF.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2002 – Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Unesa. Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
2000 – Graduate Certificate in early childhood education and
elementary education, Sacré Coeur de Marie. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Professional Experience
2003–ongoing – Clinical Psychologist specialized in Family Therapy
2003 – 2006 Educational counselor at Colégio Notre Dame Ipanema –
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1998 – 2003 – Early child teacher at Colégio Notre Dame Ipanema –
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Membership/Affiliation
Red Thread Art Studio Miami
FAMA (Fiber Artists Miami Association)
