Bachelor of Fine Arts: Drawing and Painting (with distinction)
Oil Paint
40.64 x 30.48 cm
2023
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Diego de la Rosa is a Venezuelan artist that is currently living and working in Toronto. His work explores the cultural impact of the social crisis in his native country, and relies on symbolism to explore the ideas and sentiments born from this reality. His process involves the collection of found imagery of people and places from Venezuela that are then rearranged into painted narratives full of imaginative elements, such as giants, theatrical atmosphere, and fantastical characters. The source imagery represents the perceived reality, while the painting tactics embody the values and ideas that are employed to create a reading for these circumstances. The use of allegory in his paintings provides an artistic translation of social concepts similar to the interpretative approach of an anthropological study. He uses these painted scenarios to illustrate both the cultural notions surrounding the crisis, and critical theories on frustration, resilience, spatial inhibition and the desire for power, which he employs to analyze the subject at hand. Through his work, De la Rosa creates images that universalize issues of oppression, crime and social struggle, evoking empathy in societies so distant from his own.
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Born in 1991 in Caracas, Venezuela. Currently residing in Toronto, Ontario.
The Game of Animals The Game of Animals Create! Magazine 38th Edition Tomorrow’s Talent (Second Edition), Booooooom Through Surreal Paintings, Diego De La Rosa Imagines an Uncertain But Resilient Future for Venezuela, Colossal, Grace Ebert Bombay Sapphire Regional Artisan Series Award - Finalist
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