My name is Rossina Bossio. I was born in Bogota, Colombia and currently live and work in Rennes, France. I am represented by Julie Seguinier Agency (Paris).
"Ambiguity, uncertainty, contradiction - these words could easily describe much of my work. The seductive game of simultaneous attraction and repulsion, and the tragic irony often created by this dichotomy of emotions - that is what concerns me. My domain of interest is in manipulating the past and the notion of fear within my experiences, to conduct a catharsis; an exorcism almost, of those feelings through my art. I want to re-write my story, and in doing so, re-build the world in my own terms."Contact me for fine art commissions and purchases.
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Education
2009 DNAP - Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Rennes, France
2007 Visual Arts - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogota, Colombia
Solo exhibitions
2009 Casa de Munecas - Skandia Centro Cultural. Bogota, Colombia
2009 Holy Beauty - Le Cheval Bleu. Rennes, France
2008 Rossina Bossio - Club los Buhos. Bogota, Colombia
2007 Expreso de Imprecisiones - Atena Estudio de Arte. Bogota, Colombia
2007 Simulacros - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogota, Colombia
Group exhibitions
2009 Pequeno formato - Club El Nogal. Bogota, Colombia
2009 Regards Colombiens sur l'art contemporain - Galerie Pictura. Bourges, France.
2009 Au Bonheur des Arts - Parcours. Carentoir, France.
2007 Nino-Techo-Derecho - En Obra. Bogota, Colombia
2006 I Salon de Arte, Cuerpo y Medicina - Universidad Nacional. Bogota, Colombia
2006 Sin-Re-Con/Torno - Cafe de Rosita, La Candelaria. Bogota, Colombia
2005 V Salon Javeriano - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Minuto de Dios. Bogota, Colombia
2004 IV Salon Javeriano - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Minuto de Dios. Bogota, Colombia
Distinctions
2009 Guest speaker - Conference: The status of women artists and the representation of women in art in the 21st century. University Jean Moulin Lyon III. Lyon, France
2009 DNAP avec felicitations du jury (National Fine Arts Degree with honors) - Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Rennes, France
2007 First Prize - Plastic Arts Convocatory Nino-Techo-Derecho. Fundacion Tiabambi Colseguros. Bogota, Colombia