Rocio Graham

Mixed Media | Painting | Photography

I have been an artist most of my life but it was until my adulthood that I called myself that. I'm currently working towards my BFA at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver living in my natal Mexico and Canada.

After doing some commercial work I decided to focus on what interests me most: Identity, gender and sustainability. My artwork is slowly shifting in to more bold work but also more meaningful to me.

In 2011 I decided to move to Mexico to create a body of work that deeply explored my Mestiza identity and that is how I ended up in San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, Mexico; working in an indigenous community. This project has transformed me as a person and as an artist. The pictures here are work in progress of this long project. I would love to hear what the images mean to you and how the public reads them.

Exhibitions:

2009 Start Show, Salt Water Studio, Vancouver

2009 Drifting Forsya Boutique and Gallery, Vancouver

2009 The Drift on Main, Vancouver

2009 East Side Culture Crawl, Vancouver

2010 Love Show, Forsya Boutique and Gallery, Vancouver

2010 Free Candy Show, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver

2010 The Art of Being Together; L'Arche, Vancouver

2010 The Green Revolution; Leigh Square, Port Coquitlam

2010 Queertopia; Queer Arts Festival, Vancouver

2010 Craftivism - The Downsized Show, Artistrun Org., Vancouver

2010 The Drift on Main, Vancouver