User:Antonisia Schroder

Antonisia Schroder’s photography has been shaped over years of experience and experimentation, beginning in a town in South America before relocating to Europe and developing her career.

Now a dual British/Brazilian citizen having first settled in the UK in the 1990s, she was born in Fortaleza, Brazil, in 1976. However, her family is Portuguese in origin. Antonisia was always inquisitive about the world around her; a quality that served her well as she grew older and began to see that world through a lens rather than the naked eye.

Having settled in the south of Brazil for a few years she then decided to travel to Europe where she lived with her mother in Switzerland for a short time. Over the following years, she used travel and psychology, which she had studied in Brazil, as two of her main inspirations.

After eventually settling in the UK, she began to train as a professional photographer, achieving a BTEC Award at Thurrock and Basildon College in Essex, a National Diploma in photography from Havering College in London and a BA then MA degree in photography from the University of East London.

Antonisia now specialises in running exhibitions of her work and has published a number of books showcasing her portfolio, including ‘The Art of Feeling’, ‘Remembrance Day’, children’s book ‘Southend on Sea Tales’ and ‘The Quotes of William Shakespeare’. In 2012, she was the first artist to exhibit at the new £3million Southend Pier Cultural Centre and was one of the leading artists in the Essex Summer of Art, part of the county’s Olympic Legacy project in 2012. In 2014, she exhibited her work as part of the first Brazilian Week of Culture in Oslo, Norway, and showcased her books at the Oslo Book Festival.

What viewers will always find with her work is an eye for detail and an inventive take on traditional topics, as well as using the skills of photomontage and paintography to communicate with her audience.

​ Antonisia has also worked in schools and with other groups to impart her knowledge and experience and is passionate about the importance of teaching as well as learning in her career.