Rosangela de Araujo studied Visual Communication at Escola de Belas Artes, UFRJ, in Rio de Janeiro. Her experience as animator and assistant director in the award-winning short film Cristo Procurado by Rui de Oliveira led her to pursue a MFA degree in Experimental Animation at California Institute of the Arts, under legendary artist Jules Engel, on a full scholarship.
In 1996, she moved to Berlin, where she built up an all-round experience in the animation film industry. Between 1998 and 2020 she taught Experimental Animation focusing on authentic artistic expression and visual story-telling at the Filmuni Babelsberg ‘Konrad Wolf’. In 2022, she substituted Isabel Herguera as Professor for Animation/Experimental Animation at Academy of Media Arts Cologne.
From 2013 on Rosangela turned her focus to her multi-media art (photography and moving images) and writing (short stories, screenwriting and poetry).