Armando Rosales
Visual Arts Residency
Armando Rosales is a sculptor and experimental percussionist whose work explores the intersections of the intimate, institutional, and political. Through sculpture and installation, he examines materiality, sound, and performance, questioning how forces shaping behavior connect to the body as a site of learning and transformation. Drawing from psychology, science, sound, kinetics, and textiles, his practice investigates self-representation and its ties to cultural frameworks, creating spaces of fusion, tension, and speculation.
Born in Cabimas, Venezuela, Rosales studied Design at the University of Zulia and participated in programs such as SOMA (2016), the Art & Law Program by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento at AAP Cornell (2019), and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2024). He has exhibited internationally at venues such as Westwerk in Hamburg, TEA Tenerife in Spain, Museo de Chopo, Museo Tamayo in Mexico City, N.A.D.A. in New York and Miami, NASAL, Abra Caracas, and Oficina #1. His residency experiences include the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (2024) and Westwerk BKM (2022), among others. Since 2015, he has lived and worked in Mexico City.