Rosalia Torres-Weiner
Charlotte, North Carolina
Curriculum Vitae
Contact Rosalia
@redcalacastudio
Artist Statement
I am an artist, activist, and community leader in Charlotte, NC. My art captures the themes, colors, and rich symbolism of my native home of Mexico. In 2010, I shifted the focus of my work from commercial art to art activism, after witnessing the repeated injustices and dysfunction of our immigration system. My public murals celebrate the rich history as well as the changing demographics of the South. I also use my art to document social conditions and to raise awareness about issues that are affecting immigrant communities such as family separation, access to public education, racism, and moving beyond common stereotypes. My art promotes dialogue around social justice issues and community concerns and brings together a diverse citizenry through community-based, grassroots collaboration. The murals that I am most proud of were collaborative works with the community. I love to take the history, vision, and character of a community and represent it with my art. I strongly believe in the transformational power of public art and in the use of art as a connector of communities and a method of enriching societies.
Roots/Raices Exhibit
Bio
Rosalia Torres-Weiner is an artist, activist, and community leader. Her work is featured in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and has been exhibited in venues including the McColl Center for Arts and Innovation, Levine Museum of the New South, UNCC’s Projective Eye Gallery, the City of Raleigh Museum, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, and the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington D.C. Her public murals celebrate the rich history and changing demographics of the South. She uses her art to document social conditions and raise awareness about issues affecting immigrant communities like family separation, racism, and moving beyond common stereotypes. Her work will be featured in a solo exhibition at Georgia College’s Leland Gallery in October 2018. She has been a featured speaker for the North Carolina ASC, Johnson & Wales University, George Washington University, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and the Southern Foodways Alliance. Through her Red Calaca Mobile Art Studio, a 24-foot "Art Truck" she takes the arts directly to people in underserved areas in Charlotte. In the fall of 2018, she will be featured in a solo exhibit at the University of Georgia.
Thank you to Hilliard Family Foundation Inc. for sponsoring Material Revelation
