Harmonia Rosales | |
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 Rosales in 2021 | |
| Born | February 6, 1984 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Glenville State University |
| Known for | The Creation of God (2017 painting) |
| Style | Painting |
Harmonia Rosales is an Afro-Cuban American artist born in Chicago. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Rosales was born on February 6, 1984, in Chicago, Illinois, to Cuban-born Giraldo Rosales and Jamaican-Jewish illustrator Melodye Benson Rosales. She was raised in the Santería religious tradition.
Rosales pursued a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her artistic style is characterized by a vibrant color palette and compositions that draw from influences that include Afrocentric motifs and classical European art. Rosales exhibited her work in various reputable venues including the Museum of African Diaspora and the Los Angles County Museum of Art. Through her work and active dialogues on race, gender, and identity, she has become a voice in discussions surrounding representation in contemporary art. She engages with audiences on critical issues through interviews, panel discussions, and social media fostering awareness.
In 2017, Rosales posted an image, The Creation of God, on social media, of her first completed work for her solo exhibition Black Imaginary To Counter Hegemony. The painting is an oil-on-canvas piece that took two months to craft. In this painting, Rosales recreates Michelangelo’s Creazione di Adamo (The Creation of Adam) by displaying both God and Adam as Black women. The Creation of Adam shows Jehovah’s finger and the elegant, naked body of the first man. In contrast, the painting created by Rosales shows God as a black woman and creates the illusion of the heavens as a womb from which she is birthing Eve in an act of strength and empowerment. This image was created to show that White subjects are the standard in classic art while challenging the viewer to consider why that practice is commonly accepted.
In 2017, Rosales participated in the Museum of Science and Industry's Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition. The name of the painting is Innocence Lost and it depicts her daughter and includes all the elements of being overexposed and categorized at a young age. This award encouraged Rosales to move away from portraits and create a strong body of work.
In the same year, Rosales was picked up by Simard-Bilodeau Contemporary, an art gallery based in LA and was given her first solo exhibition. Included in the show was Creation of God. One of her many works included The Birth of Oshun , an oil-on-canvas painting, which reimagines Sandro Botticelli’s work, The Birth of Venus, by placing Oshun, the Yoruba goddess of fertility, sensuality, and prosperity, in a sea shell surrounded by black angels, in contrast to Botticelli’s painting where a white Venus, the goddess of love, beauty, and fertility, is in a sea shell surrounded by white angels. [5]
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