ARTIST STATEMENT

ARTIST STATEMENT

Natural features like rivers or mountain ranges sometimes define the boundaries between people. Other times, these borders exist only as lines drawn by human hands. My artwork responds to the ever-changing landscape of the borderlands—spaces where cultures, languages, and identities intersect, merge, and conflict.

Through diverse media and visual language, I layer images and materials to symbolize cultural appropriation and the crossing of cultural, economic, social, psychological, and historical boundaries. My work forces these elements to interact, coexist, and synthesize. In bridging differences and similarities, I seek to construct meaning and better understand my place within this intricate and dynamic context.

-Jesús De La Rosa

Self-Portrait
Mixed Media
on Wood Panel
8"x10", 2022