Rodrigo Vila was born in 1980. He studied communication design – Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon. He start- ed to work in plastic arts on 2010. His work is based on the representation of the city by its urban mesh and patterns in painting and various photographic techniques. Fragmented city memories in a nostalgic vision and with a sense of appreciation of the places.

His work was selected for the publication "Portuguese Emerging Art" 2019 by EMERGE.

His works have already been presented in several group and solo exhibitions, namely: Memory Mech- anisms, Lisboa Story Center, Lisbon, Portugal (2019); Sucessões Divergentes, Kaleidoscope bulding, Lisbon (2017); O padrão Irregular, cu- rated by Daniela Zurita, Isabel Gómez and Rui Luís, FBAUL Gallery, Lisbon (2015); Detalhes Invisíveis, Round The Corner, Lisbon (2012); Life’s a User Manual, curated by Luisa Santos, Round The Corner, Lisbon (2010).

Most of his artworks are currently in private collections.