Carlos Rosales Silva

CACTUS GARDEN (2022)

In Rosales Silva’s work there is a vibrant dialogue between object making, painting, and installation with pursposeful attention to craftsmanship and the symbolisms of a pre-colonial visual language. Drawing from a deep exploration of the history of vernacular cultures in the American Southwest, the artist shares: “While I do believe it is important to adapt to, invoke, and reimagine the weapons of colonization, I also believe in art-making as a way to reconnect with and create innovative methods of non-western communication untethered to written or spoken language

Carlos Rosales-Silva (He /Him) was born on the border of the United States and Mexico in El Paso, Texas. His studio practice considers the vernacular culture in the American Southwest, the western canon of art history, and the political and cultural connections and disparities between them. Carlos has exhibited throughout Texas, and in Mexico City, New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Chicago, and Kansas City. He has been an artist in residence at Abrons Art Center in New York, NY, Residency Unlimited in New York, NY (2020), Artpace in San Antonio, Texas (2018) and at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, NY (2017). Recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition at Ruiz Healy Art in New York, NY, and group shows at Texas Tech University, Beverlys in New York, Ny and Left Field Gallery in Los Osos, CA. Carlos graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a Masters in Fine Arts. He currently lives and works in New York, NY.