About La Rosa
Education
2006 Master in Fine Arts
Institute of Fine Arts, Cali, Colombia
Individual Exhibition
2018 Colombian Womble House Revenge
Aritist Open Houses
Brighton, United Kingdom
2017 Colombian Womble House
Artist Open Houses
Brighton, United Kingdom
2013 Product of Colombia
Matchbox, Wellinton, New Zealand
2012 City of Children
Thistle Hall, Wellington, New Zealand
Collective Exhibitions
2012 National Art Exhibition
Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
2007 Photo Chop
Thistle Hall, Wellington, New Zealand
2004 Original and Copy
Culture Centre, Cali, Colombia
2004 Original and Copy (reshown)
Salon National de Artistas, Bogota, Colombia
2004 Imprints that Leaves Ways
Gallery of Fine Arts, Cali, Colombia
2002 7th Salón Facartes
Palatino Cultural Centre, Pasto, Colombia
2001 Collective Exhibition of Painters
Prisma Cine-Arte, Pasto, Colombia
2001 Art at the Plaza
Plaza de Nariño, Pasto, Colombia
2000 Female Sights 2
Palatino Cultural Centre, Pasto, Colombia
I spent the first 22 years of my life living in the Andres mountains living in a strong community with a deep connection with the environment. I then moved to a big city and become aware of the social issues facing people in Colombia. Since moving overseas I have lived in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Namibia which is made me aware of the disconnection between people and their environment in other countries.
I express myself through many images including barbed wire, pigeon spikes, portraits of pigeons, disenfranchised wild animals. I have particular sympathy for pigeons as they are treated like vermin but are as much a part of the world as humans. Pigeons represent marginalised groups against which we discriminate. I also identify with Wombles. Their community focus and care for the environment is something that I admire. I womble in a variety of ways often reusing what I find and incorporating it into my art including plastic bags, coffee sacks, dried paint.
My work is primitive and continuous referencing my childhood and ancestors. Art is my therapy and I use it to connect with myself, other people and the environment.