ARTIST STATEMENT
My work collaborates with beauty, humor, and pain to investigate the effectiveness of art in exploring childhood trauma by drawing on concepts from art therapy. My practice is led by the exploration of my entomophobia and the intrapersonal relationship with my sexuality as a Latina woman. The intimate and repetitive fiber-based techniques of my process suit the investigation of my dreams, memories, and lived experiences, forcing me to sit with them for prolonged moments. Equally, exploring nostalgic concepts of home, family, and my Colombian culture are essential to my world building.
Having strong emotional responses to the tactility of the materials I work with make them comforting vehicles that allow me to confront my traumatic experiences and the conflicts I endure with my physical self. The presence of my body serves as a base for me to investigate my identity. My work engages with monumentality and feminist craft as contemporary art by taking up space through femininity, while redefining my own aesthetic aims through physicality.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
With colors as her melody, transdisciplinary artist Mia Rose’s narratives transcend the boundaries of reality, taking her audiences down her own path of nostalgia and a journey through her therapeutic practice. Originally from Miami, FL, she introduces many aspects from her Colombian culture, taking on traditional techniques with a contemporary spin, using her craft as a vessel to navigate emotions associated with fear, memory, dreams, and self-identity. Mia is completing her MFA in Fashion, Body, & Garment at the School of the Art institute of Chicago. She is a recipient of the Windgate-Lamar Fellowship and has had the opportunity to show her work internationally, including Canada, Sweden, and in multiple galleries in Boston, where she recieved her BFA in Studio Art from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.
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