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BIO

Argentina, 1979

 

Rosana is a Buenos Aires based visual artist whose work has an emphasis on human relationships and the fragility of human beings. She graduated magna cum laude at the University of Buenos Aires (BA 2013, MFA, 2015), she has a degree in Ceramic Art (2006), and also studied Anthropology and Visual Arts. 

Although she currently works mainly in the field of photography and textile art, she is a multidisciplinary artist who uses the necessary materials to capture her ideas and feelings about the world around her.

Her permanent interest in continuing education led her to attend workshops in collecting contemporary art, art market, and also to do the Curatorial Intensive Program in PAC Project (2017). She curated the shows called Horizon of Threat  (2017), Out of reach (2019), and Something could happen between now and never (2019), in Buenos Aires. 

Rosana also worked as an art teacher at Fine Art Schools in Argentina. Currently she codirects Routes of Art, an independent project of art training that intertwines art history with trips around the world. 

She was selected to participate in the VIII International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art, Madrid, in Large Format category (2019) and also in the IX edition where she was awarded the 2⁰ Prize IX International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art (2020) in Video category. She was also awarded the 1⁰ Prize Photography with Textile Intervention Exhibition (2018), 1⁰ Prize Small Format Ceramic Art Exhibition (2012), 2⁰ Prize International IX Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art (2020), Honorary Mention III National Salon of Embroidery (2019), Honorary Mention Ceramic with Textile Intervention Exhibition (2018), 3⁰ Honorary Mention Emerging Artists Exhibition of the CAAC (2011), and participated in the National Salon of Visual Arts (2012).

Her art works are included in private collections in Argentina, New Zealand, USA, Germany, Canada and Uruguay.

 

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Education

 

2015 MFA, graduated magna cum laude, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 

2013 BA, graduated magna cum laude, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

2006 Ceramic Art Technician, School of Ceramics Nº 1, Buenos Aires

 

Selected Education Workshops

2021 Work Review Seminar. Andrés Labaké. Acéfala Gallery, Buenos Aires

2021 Work Review Seminar. Marina de Caro, Buenos Aires

2021 Poetics of the archive in Latin American art. Buenos Aires Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires

2021 Video art and experimental cinema. Buenos Aires Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires

2020 Alternative photographic printing media, Buenos Aires

2019 Visual and Critical Studies, Continuing Education, UNA University of the Arts, Buenos Aires

2019 Electro Textiles Workshop, Argentine Center for Textile Art, Buenos Aires

2018 Technology for Curators, Espacio Dos Puntos, Buenos Aires

2017 Curatorial Practices - Intensive Program, PAC - Contemporary Art Projects Gachi Prieto Arte Latinoamericano Gallery, Buenos Aires

2014 Curatorial Design and Installation Workshop, Espacio Dos Puntos, Buenos Aires

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 XVI National Salon of Visual Arts 2021. Argentine Museum of Contemporary Art (MACA), Junín, Buenos Aires

2021 Scope Art Show. Here’s Looking at You: A Contemporary Kaleidoscope, Miami

2021 64 Women pulling at the threads of social discourse. The Contemporary Art Modern Project, Miami

2021 Her Power.  Online. Art of Nature Gallery, Hong Kong

2021 Love until Death. MMAE720 Gallery, Berlín

2020 Pinta Miami. The interior. Online. The Contemporary Art Modern Project, Miami

2020 Feminism from South to North. The Contemporary Art Modern Project, Miami

2020 IX International Biennial of World Textile Art. Online, Santiago de Chile

2020 Body Politique. Virtual Show. The Contemporary Art Modern Project, Miami

2020 Photo L.A. Virtual Collect + Connect. Starring: Woman, Los Angeles

2020 Spring Break Art Show, New York Art Fair. Responding to the Abundance, New York.

2020 Photography with Textile Intervention Virtual Exhibition, Argentine Center of Textile Art, Buenos Aires

2019 VIII International Biennial: Textile Art “Sustainable City”, Complutense Art Center, Madrid

2019 Textile Art, Independiente de Tabacalera Gallery, Madrid

2019 Proyecto Desmedida, Casona de los Olivera Gallery, Buenos Aires

2019 III National Embroidery Exhibition, Marcó del Pont Cultural Center, Buenos Aires

2018 CAAT - Argentine Center for Textile Art - Plaza de la Artes, Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires

2018 XIV Medium and Small Format Textile Art Exhibition, José Hernández Folk Art Museum, Buenos Aires

2018 XXVI Ceramic Exhibition, Ceramic School of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires

2018 IV Photography with Textile Intervention Exhibition, Argentine Center of Textile Art, Buenos Aires

2018 II Ceramic with Textile Intervention Exhibition, Argentine Center of Textile Art, Buenos Aires

2012 101º National Salon of Visual Arts, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires

2012 XX Ceramic Art Exhibition, Ceramic School of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires

2012 Small Format Ceramic Art Exhibition, Galería del Jardín, Buenos Aires

2011 IV Craft Biennial, José Hernández Folk Art Museum, Buenos Aires

2011 Emerging Artists Exhibition, CAAC - Argentine Center of Ceramic Art, Stock Exchange, Buenos Aires

2011 Group Exhibition, Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center, Buenos Aires

2010 National Summit of Potters Barro Cachaqui, San Carlos Museum, Salta, Argentina

2010 Small Format Ceramic Art Exhibition, Galería del Jardín, Buenos Aires

2009 III Crafts Biennial, José Hernández Folk Art Museum, Buenos Aires

 

Awards

2020 2nd Prize IX International Biennial of World Textile Art. Online. Santiago de Chile.

2019 Honorary Mention National Salon of Embroidery, Marcó del Pont Cultural Center, Buenos Aires

2018 1st Prize Photography with Textile Intervention Exhibition, Argentine Center of Textile Art, Buenos Aires

2018 Honorary Mention Ceramic with Textile Intervention Exhibition, Argentine Center of Textile Art, Buenos Aires

2012 1st Prize Small Format Ceramic Art Exhibition, Del Jardín Gallery, Buenos Aires

2011 3rd Honorary Mention Emerging Artists Exhibition, Argentine Center of Ceramic Art, Buenos Aires

2010 2nd Honorary Mention Small Format Ceramic Art Exhibition, Del Jardín Gallery, Buenos Aires


 

Curatorial Projects

2019 Something could happen between now and never, CIC Center for Cinematography Research , Buenos Aires

2019  Out of reach,  Panal, Buenos Aires

2017  Horizon of Threat, Panal, Buenos Aires

 

Teaching

2008 - Present  Art classes at Rosana Machado Rodríguez Studio, Buenos Aires

2015 - Present Co-founder of Routes of Art, entrepreneurship dedicated to art training, with emphasis on travel, aimed at the general public

2015 - 2017 Art History teacher at Fine Arts School Rogelio Yrurtia, Government of the City of Buenos Aires

2015 Teacher at School of Ceramic Fernando Arranz, Government of the City of Buenos Aires

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