Diego De La Rosa

Diego De La Rosa is a Venezuelan artist currently living and working in Toronto. His work delves into  the cultural impact of the social crisis in his native country, and relies on symbolism to explore the ideas and sentiments born from this reality. His process involves the collection of found imagery of people and places from Venezuela that are then rearranged into painted narratives full of otherworldly elements. Through these painted scenarios, De La Rosa creates visual allegories that  illustrate both the cultural notions surrounding the crisis, and critical theories on frustration, resilience, spatial inhibition, and the desire for power, which he employs to analyze the subject at hand. Through his work, De la Rosa creates images that universalize issues of oppression, crime, and social struggle, evoking empathy in societies so distant from his own.