Roberta Queiroga is a contemporary artist based in Aotearoa New Zealand whose practice unfolds at the intersection of gesture, emotion, and spatial awareness. Trained as an architect, she brings a refined understanding of balance, rhythm, and materiality to her abstract compositions, where spontaneous mark-making meets a minimalist, architectural sensibility.

Born in Brazil and shaped by life across four continents, Roberta’s work carries a rich cultural resonance. Influences from Brazil, Portugal, Japan, and Aotearoa merge into a visual language that is both intuitive and deliberate, rooted in movement yet anchored by structure. Her paintings often read as emotional landscapes, capturing the energy of lived experience through layered gestures and calligraphic nuance.

Roberta’s practice has been recognised both in Aotearoa and internationally. She has exhibited at the Auckland Museum, been a Parkin Prize finalist, represented New Zealand in a global exhibition of women artists in Dubai, and undertaken an artist residency in Japan, which continues to inform her explorations of line, space, and rhythm. Recent exhibitions include the solo exhibition “In Between – It’s Still Me” (Auckland, 2026) and a DUO exhibition with Japanese calligrapher Ito Junichi.

At the heart of Roberta’s work is a commitment to the expressive potential of movement, how a single gesture can hold emotional resonance, and how viewers might find their own reflections within the dynamics of each mark

*Please Note: The artwork displayed on this page is an example of this artists portfolio in the OBV Gallery.