Farmington, NM-based Latina artist, Rosemary Meza-DesPlas is known for exploring gender, sexuality, and identity issues through hand-sewn human hair drawings, watercolors and on-site drawing installations. Born in Garland, Texas, she was raised and...More
Farmington, NM-based Latina artist, Rosemary Meza-DesPlas is known for exploring gender, sexuality, and identity issues through hand-sewn human hair drawings, watercolors and on-site drawing installations. Born in Garland, Texas, she was raised and lived for many years in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex. She received an MFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art (Hoffberger School of Painting) and a BFA from The University of North Texas. Ms. Meza-DesPlas has been sewing with her own hair since 2000. Her decision to collect and sort hair to utilize as a vehicle for making art is informed by socio-cultural symbolism, feminism and body image, and religious symbolism. An article on her hand-sewn human hair drawings were featured in the Huffington Post Arts & Culture section in 2015. Ms. Meza-DesPlas parallels the themes in her artwork with the written word and spoken word performances. She has presented academic papers for the Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh, National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies in Baton Rouge, LA, and the Modern Art Conference at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul, Turkey. Ms. Meza-DesPlas' recent spoken word performances were held at the Feminist Art Conference, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Canada; Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM; ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, and the Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO.
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