Juan Manuel De la Rosa

Juan Manuel De la Rosa (1945–2021) was a Mexican painter, engraver and ceramicist who was known for his works on handmade paper. He studied lesser-known techniques for painting and papermaking from Japan, Egypt, Fiji, and France; his handmade paper is typically made of linen, cotton, or hemp. With these traditional approaches, he creates layers and adds new dimensions to his artworks.

Born in Sierra Hermosa, Zacatecas, Mexico, De la Rosa studied at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León and La Esmeralda in Mexico City. The Nuevo León government gave him a grant to study and work at Atelier Clot, the National School of Fine Arts in Paris, and the Dimitri Papageorgiou workshop in Spain. De la Rosa has taught courses in institutions in Argentina, Colombia, Japan, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. His works have been exhibited at the Manuel Felguérez Museum of Abstract Art, Zacatecas, Mexico; the Amalgama Gallery, Brussels; and the Mexican Cultural Institute, Paris.

He died on 15 July 2021.

Career He is a painter, engraver, and maker of paper and ceramics. Juan Manuel De la Rosa has throughout his career specialized studies on various techniques of making handmade paper in countries like Egypt, the United States, and Japan. He has also taught courses in this specialty at different institutions in various countries.

The painter presented the exhibition The Desert of Salt, on July 3 at the Headquarters of Art, located in the former Convent of San Francisco, Zacatecas. He has visited countries such as Venezuela, the United States, Switzerland, Belgium, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, and several states in Mexico. He has solo exhibitions since 1966 with its first exhibition in the Monterrey State Gallery. Since then, it has had more than 30 solo exhibitions in cities such as Aguascalientes, Puebla, Zacatecas Mexico City, Guanajuato, Morelia, Buenos Aires, Zurich, Madrid, Brussels, Caracas, San Francisco, and Bogotá.

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