Tierra de Rosas
On view through November 3, 2019
Museum of Sonoma County
Santa Rosa, California
www.sonomacountymuseum.org
The Museum of Sonoma County (MSC) is pleased to present “Tierra de Rosas” (Land of Roses), a solo exhibition of the work of Maria de Los Angeles. The artist is a Mexican-born artist and immigration activist who was raised in Santa Rosa, California and currently resides in New York. She is now receiving national recognition.
Maria de Los Angeles is a multidisciplinary artist who addresses issues of migration, displacement, identity, and otherness through her drawing, painting, printmaking, and fashion. She holds an MFA in Painting & Printmaking from Yale School of Art (2015), a BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute (2013), and an Associate Degree in Fine Arts from Santa Rosa Junior College (2010). She was awarded the Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize by Yale University (2015) for her artwork and her role in the community.
Image credits:
Maria de Los Angeles, In The Garden of Hope and Freedom, acrylic on canvas, 665 x 83 2018
