Rita Fernández (b. 1999), is a Mexican artist graduated from the Royal College of Art (MA: Painting). She has a BA in Philosophy from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and a background in the film industry.
Her work is an exploration of self-portraiture and its limits. Through the dissection of personal experiences and striking images gathered from memories, dreams and the daily life, her work is a constant inquiry about the self and what constitutes an identity. Fernández likes to consider her practice as a matrix of self-reflection and representation. Her philosophical formation plays an important role in the way she conceives and approaches the creation of her artwork.
EDUCATION
2024 MA: Painting – Royal College of Art
2023 BA: Philosophy – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2020 Diploma: History of Mexican Art – Museo Amparo and Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas UNAM
TEACHING
2024 Artist talk – TURPS BANANA Art School.
2023 Teaching Placement – University of Westminister.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Body Songs. Fitzrovia Gallery. London. March 2024.
I am not cruel, only truthful. The Hockney Gallery. London. April 2024.
Master’s Exhibition. The Royal College of Art. London. June 2024.
Ripples. Hypha Studios. London. August – September 2024.
QUEER 3.0. Embassy of Mexico in The United Kingdom. London. August 2024.
The Epitome of Decay and Decline. Safehouse 2. London. September 2024.
The LIDO Open. The LIDO Stores. Margate. September – October 2024.
The Miniatures Challenge. Canal Boat Contemporary. London. November 2024.
Seeing Loud. Zebra’s Room at Hootananny. London. November 2024.
If Heaven Falls. The LIDO Stores. Margate. February 2025.
Fragmented Wholeness. London. Mucciaccia Gallery. March – April 2025.
AWARDS
The HINE Prize 2024: shortlisted.
RESIDENCIES
GlogauAIR, 2025.
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
6 London Art Graduates to Watch in 2024. Ocula. 2024.
Sarah Larby, Artists and Their Tools, UAL, 2024.
Can you actually afford an MFA’s grad work? Plaster. 2025.
Photo credit: Sara Sahores.