Rosalie Lopez, Balance and Growth, 2021
Rosalie Lopez, Balance and Growth, 2021
Rosalie Lopez
Balance and Growth, 2021
Paper Size: 30x22 in.
Image Size: 23x18 in.
Serigraph, Edition of 60
The theme in Growth & Balance is a continuation of Rosalie's body of work that uses live plants as living offerings and symbols of the body, scars, and healing we experience. The black framework in the piece, which the plants sit on, takes the form of wrought iron plant stands and symbolizes the skeletal structure framing the living, just as our elders and ancestors do for us. Two pointing triangles meet at the center, composing the framework and showing a tension to stay in balance. The gold orbs reference the wealth of knowledge our elders share and leave behind.
Maestrxs Atelier:
This Maestras Atelier is made of a wide range of artists from seasoned to emerging and with varying experiences in screen-printing from well versed to new to the medium. The artists were chosen for the bold attitudes displayed in their creative practices. It was the intention of this atelier to highlight those voices and their thoughts in this strange time of rethinking our lives and creative practices. Because of the pandemic, these artists have all worked with SHG in varying capacities to complete a screenprint for the Maestras Atelier.
Artist Biography:
Rosalie M. López is a Chicanx artist, from Gardena, CA, who combines and reforms her traditional art practices through her contemporary lens. Her artwork shares impactful communal stories of resiliency and pride happening within the underrepresented facets of society. She blends printmaking and papel-picado techniques, combined with offerings for the day of the dead and religious kitsch, to create her artwork.
López’s artwork often takes the form of immersive installations, sculpture, and social engagement projects. López was the first in her family to graduate high school and attend college.
In 2009, she earned 2 Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in graphic design and printmaking from California State University-Long Beach. In 2013, she earned her Master of Fine Arts in printmaking from Indiana University. Rosalie has been exhibiting since 2007 with recent exhibitions at the Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach, CA), The Southwest School of Art (San Antonio, TX) The University Art Museum (UAM) at Cal State Univ. Long Beach, and a solo exhibition at Tipton Gallery at East Tenn. State University.