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Rostros Solo Exhibition
Umpqua Valley Arts - Gallery II
1624 W Harvard Ave.
Roseburg, Oregon 97471Opening Reception: Friday, January 17th | 4-7 PM
The Rostros exhibition
The Rostros are a series of abstract textile portraits that depict individual faces. In addition to anatomical features like mouths, noses, ears, and hair, the Rostros are patterned with what could be perceived as wrinkles, scars, or tattoos — records of their lived experiences, origins, tribal affiliations. Their corresponding environmental backgrounds help explain how the Rostros live in the world. They look directly at the viewer with open eyes, telling stories of where they came from, and where they are going.
The Rostros artworks are made entirely from salvaged fabrics and found objects that have origin stories of their own: woven traditionally-loomed fabric from Oaxaca, scraps from Oregon mills, and second-hand salvage from friends. The infinite combinations possible from the myriad textile elements reflect the many ways our history, environment, and random events combine to create who we are.
Viewers may be surprised to find in the chaotic assemblages of the Rostros, faces that look familiar, friends or family they recognize, or possibly a reflection of themselves.
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About Orquidia
Orquidia Violeta is a prolific independent Salvadoran-American textile artist working in Portland, Oregon. She grew up in a simple farmhouse in Central America, and crossed the US border as a six-year-old refugee.
Orquidia combines salvaged textiles with elements of embroidery, knitting, weaving, appliqué, soft-sculpture, fiber-collage, painting and dyeing to tell complex colorful stories drawn from her own experiences and from her research.
Last year Orquidia was a resident artist for 3 months at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology where she created textile works outside on the land and investigated native practices.
This summer Orquidia joined Hispanic artists from around the Americas at the inaugural Stelo Summer Invitational Residency at Camp Colton to continue work on the Chalecos Protector series while immersed in a bucolic natural setting.
Orquidia is a member of Ideal PDX, a collaborative group of Latino visual and performing artists in the Northwest, and After / Time, an artist-run gallery and experimental curatorial platform based in Portland, Oregon.
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