3rd European textile and Fibre Art Festival - Catalogue

VICTOR DE LA ROSA
USA / ASV
Born 1963
215 Arballo Drive
CA 94132 San Francisco, USA
Education
2004 MFA Textiles – Rhode Island
School of Design, USA
2002 Brown University Sheridan
Center for Teaching, USA
2001 MFA – Textile Arts and
Costume Design, University
of California, Davis, USA
1999 BA – San Francisco State
University, USA
Selected exhibitions
2004 Summer Faculty Show,
Rhode Island School of
Design, Providence, Rhode
Island, USA
2004 Textile Graduate Group
Show, Felissimo Design
Gallery, New York City, USA
MFA Graduate Student
Show, RISD Museum,
Providence, Rhode Island,
USA
Textile Graduate Student
Show, Rhode Island School
of Design, Providence,
Rhode Island, USA
2003 Textile Department
Biennial, Rhode Island
School of Design,
Providence, Rhode Island,
USA
Case Gallery, Rhode Island
School of Design,
Providence, Rhode Island,
USA
Digital Media Graduate
Student Show, Rhode
Island School of Design,
Providence, Rhode
Island, USA
2002 Textile Graduate Student
Show, Rhode Island School
of Design, Providence,
Rhode Island, USA
Globalization is forcing the people of the world
to examine and redefine the concept of borders;
primarily those that mark national
boundaries, but also those that result from
cultural and economic separatism.
In light of the current global immigration
debate, I explore issues of geographic
boundary and national identity. And in the
process, I question the idea of provenance,
consider the inevitability of change and
wonder at the futility of trying to harness
the human desire to improve living conditions
and opportunity.
”Jump 3” depicts this struggle to overcome
barriers in order to reach another state of
being. Or perhaps it captures escape. The
work gives the viewer pause and fosters a
moment for considering one’s values and
beliefs …and perhaps complicity.
In this piece I explore the possibilities of the
textile as an agent of change with the
potential of increasing awareness, raising
consciousness and provoking deeper, personal
and collective thought.
Awards
2004 Design selected for inaugural
R.I.S.D. Collection of contract
textiles by DesignTex, USA
2003 Award of Excellence, Rhode
Island School of Design,
Annual graduate student
competition, USA
2002 Honorable Mention, College
Art Association
Professional Development
Grant, USA
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