Guadalupe Rosales

Guadalupe Rosales (born 1980) is an artist, best known for her work creating a vernacular photograph and ephemera archive based on 1990's Latinx youth and party culture [1].

Guadalupe Rosales
Born1980 (age 39–40)
EducationSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago
Known forArtist and Archivist
Websitewww.veteranasandrucas.com

Early life and education

Guadalupe Rosales was raised in East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights, Southern California. She was educated at the SAIC and received an MFA in 2016[2]

When she was only 16 years old when she lost her cousin to gang violence. As an adult and artist, she uses her personal story to encourage others to use their voices as a powerful tool for self-representation.

Career

Guadalupe Rosales's started collecting vernacular photography in 2015. She crowd sourced a digital archive . Her Instagram accounts are Veteranas & Rucas and Map Pointz.

"Her projects is to deepen and re-contextualize the narrative of Latinos often stereotyped and profiled as gangsters or “cholos[3].”

In 2016, Rosales took over the New Yorker Magazine's social media account for a week. It was one of the top-rated takeovers of the year.[4]

"She creates counter-narratives and tells the stories of communities often underrepresented in public record and official memory.[5] "

She showed her Installation "Guadalupe Rosales : Echoes of a Collective Memory" at the Vincent Price Art Museum September 2018 - March 2019[6].

Work

Major exhibitions

Guadalupe Rosales: El Rocío sobre las madrugadas sin fin. (2019) [7]

Guadalupe Rosales: Echoes of a Collective Memory

Guadalupe Rosales: Legends Never Die, A Collective Memory (2018), Aperture[8].

Haverford College[9]

Awards and nominations

Publications
  • Map Pointz A Collective Memory, 2019[10]

References
  1. "Guadalupe Rosales used Instagram to create an archive of Chicano youth of the '90s — now it's an art installation". Los Angeles Times. 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  2. "SAIC Alum Guadalupe Rosales Celebrates '90s Latin Culture". School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  3. Bahloul, Marla (2019-01-17). "These Photos Tell the Forgotten Story of LA's Latinx Rave Scene in the 90s". Vice. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  4. "New Yorker Photo on Instagram: "Hello this is Guadalupe Rosales, founder of the Instagram feed @veteranas_and_Rucas. A digital archive that is mostly driven by followers…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  5. "About". Guadalupe Rosales. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  6. "Vincent Price Art Museum | Exhibitions | Guadalupe Rosales: Echoes of a Collective Memory". vincentpriceartmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  7. El Rocío Sobre las madrugadas sin fin, Museo Universitario del Chopo
  8. "Guadalupe Rosales: Legends Never Die, A Collective Memory". Aperture Foundation NY. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  9. "Guadalupe Rosales: Legends Never Die, A Collective Memory (traveling exhibition)". Haverford College , Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  10. Rosales, Guadalupe; Serrato, Stephen; Haymes, Nick; Little Big Man Books (2019). Map pointz: a collective memory : take a trip through the eyes of Guadalupe Rosales. ISBN 978-1-947346-07-9. OCLC 1083112251.
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