Born in Mexico City, Mexico, Emilio Rojas is a multidisciplinary artist working primarily in performance, video, photography, installation, public interventions, and sculpture. In Rojas’ practice, the intrinsic relation with the body is both his subject matter and medium and he utilizes this connection as an tool for creating political, critical, and decolonial work. His research-based practice is heavily influenced by queer and feminist archives, border politics, botanical colonialism, and defaced monuments. Rojas’ work has been exhibited nationally, including at The Vancouver Art Gallery and The Surrey Art Gallery, and internationally, including extensively across the USA, as well as in Japan, England, Greece, France, Spain, and Australia. He holds an MFA in Performance from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA in Film from Emily Carr University in Vancouver.
Emilio Rojas
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