Jesus De La Rosa is a Mexican American mixed
media artist currently residing in Kingsville, Texas. He was born in Weslaco, Texas and spent his early life
traveling across the U.S/Mexico border as a result of his parents working in
Mexico and living in Texas. He considers both the United States and Mexico home.
On April 20, 2002 he founded Progreso Gallery, an artist-run, independent,
non-for profit, contemporary space, on the border town of Nuevo Progreso,
Mexico. The gallery exhibited the artwork of international, Mexican and
American artists until its last exhibit in 2010. A 1999 graduate of Texas
A&M University-Kingsville with a bachelor of Fine Arts, in 2005 he then
earned his Master of Fine Arts in studio art from The Ohio State University at
Columbus, Ohio where he was awarded a Graduate Enrichment Fellowship. As an
Assistant Professor of Art at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, De La Rosa
teaches beginning and advanced courses in printmaking and graphic design. His artwork
has been reviewed and featured by Voices of Art Magazine, The Monitor, The
Brownsville Herald, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, The San Antonio Current, The
Austin American Statement, The Columbus Dispatch, The Austin Chronicle, Mexican
newspapers, El Mañana, La Frontera, La Prensa and most recently Mexico City
magazine, Voices of Mexico. De La Rosa exhibits his artwork throughout the
United States and abroad in solo, juried, and invitational exhibitions. Mr. De La Rosa earned honorable mentions at the K-Space,
Outside the Box juried exhibition in Corpus Christi, Texas and Expo 07 at
Gallery 500X in Dallas Texas juried by corresponding editor to Art in America,
Dr. Frances Colpitt. His paintings and drawings were selected to be part of the
12th Annual (YLA) Young Latino Artist Exhibition at Mexic-Arte
Museum in Austin, Texas. Recent exhibitions include, the 2012 Texas National, Oso Bay North American
Printmakers Exhibition, Systematic Drawings at UTSA Satellite Space, and Slice
at Cohn Drennan Contemporary, Dallas Texas. Other venues
include, Roy G. Biv Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, Gallery 555, Detroit, Michigan, Most recently his print book Borderlands
was selected to be part of the international touring exhibition Monumental
Ideas in Miniature Books II, which will tour eight international venues and
over forty national galleries. b.
American 1976
