# Juan Manuel De la Rosa

Juan Manuel De la Rosa (1945 – 2021) was a painter, engraver, and ceramicist who was known for his works on handmade paper. He studied lesser-known techniques for painting and papermaking from Japan, Egypt, Fiji, and France; his handmade paper is typically made of linen, cotton, or hemp. With these traditional approaches, he creates layers and adds new dimensions to his artworks.
Born in Sierra Hermosa, Zacatecas, Mexico, De la Rosa studied at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León and La Esmeralda in Mexico City. The Nuevo León government gave him a grant to study and work at Atelier Clot, the National School of Fine Arts in Paris, and the Dimitri Papageorgiou workshop in Spain. De la Rosa has taught courses in institutions in Argentina, Colombia, Japan, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. His works have been exhibited at the Manuel Felguérez Museum of Abstract Art, Zacatecas, Mexico; the Amalgama Gallery, Brussels; and the Mexican Cultural Institute, Paris.
He died on 15 July 2021. He is survived by his three daughters Alejandra, Natalia, and Valentina, as well as his son Pablo Emiliano.

## Early life and education

Juan Manuel De la Rosa was born in Sierra Hermosa, a small village in the municipality of Villa de Cos, Zacatecas, in 1945. At the age of 17, he studied at the Arts Workshop at the University of Nuevo Leon. In the years 1962 to 1963, he moved to Mexico City to continue his studies at the National School of Painting, Sculpture, and Engraving, "The Esmeralda". He also studied at the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL). In the late sixties (1969), he moved to the shoal area to study at the University of Guanajuato. He won a scholarship to study at the Atelier Clot, the Bramsen, the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and Dimitri Papaguerguiu's workshop in Madrid.r

## Career

He is a painter, engraver, and maker of paper and ceramics. Juan Manuel De la Rosa has throughout his career specialized studies on various techniques of making handmade paper in countries like Egypt, the USA, and Japan. He has also taught courses in this specialty at different institutions in various countries.
The painter presented the exhibition The Desert of Salt, on July 3 at the Headquarters of Art, located in the former Convent of San Francisco, Zacatecas. He has visited countries such as Venezuela, the United States, Switzerland, Belgium, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, and several states in Mexico. He has solo exhibitions since 1966 with its first exhibition in the Monterrey State Gallery. Since then, it has had more than 30 solo exhibitions in cities such as Aguascalientes, Puebla, Zacatecas Mexico City, Guanajuato, Morelia, Buenos Aires, Zurich, Madrid, Brussels, Caracas, San Francisco, and Bogota.

## Exhibitions

| Year | Name | Location | City | State | Country |
| 2009 | El desierto de la sal | Cuartel del Arte Museo | Pachuca | Hidalgo | Mexico |
| 2008 | La superficie es el papel | Centro Cultural Estación Indianilla | Mexico City | Mexico DF | Mexico |
| 2007 | Travesías | Museo de Arte Abstracto Manuel Felguérez | | Zacatecas | Mexico |
| 2007 | Desplazamientos y travesías | Museo Francisco Cossío | San Luis Potosí | San Luís Potosí | Mexico |
| 2005 | El desierto y su corazón flotante | Galería Metropolitana, UAM | Mexico City | Mexico DF | Mexico |
| 2005 | El desierto y su corazón flotante | Mexico Casa Natal de Ramón López Velarde | Jerez | Zacatecas | Mexico. |
| 2004 | El sueño del desierto | Galería Arroyo de la Plata | Zacatecas | Zacatecas | Mexico |
| 2002 | Las nubes vegetales de Barichara | Instituto de Mexico | Madrid | | Spain |
| 2002 | Barichara, lo visible de lo invisible | | Colombia | | Venezuela |
| 2002 | | Galería Arroyo de la Plata | Zacatecas | Zacatecas | Mexico |
| 2001 | Un corazón flotante | Galería Arroyo de la Plata | Zacatecas | Zacatecas | Mexico |
| 2001 | Un corazón flotante | Galería Randall Erickson | Palm Springs | California | United States |
| 2000 | | Estudio-Galería | Puebla | Puebla | Mexico |
| 2000 | | Instituto de Bellas Artes, San Miguel de Allende | | Guanajuato | Mexico |
| 2000 | Corrientes | Estudio Paraíso | | | Argentina |
| 2000 | | Galería Randall Erickson | Palm Springs | California | United States. |
| 2000 | | Galería Rahn | Zurich | | Switzerland |
| 1997 | | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo | Morelia | Michoacán | Mexico |
| 1996 | | Museo Sacro | Caracas | | Venezuela |
| 1996 | | Ex Templo de San Agustín | Zacatecas | Zacatecas | Mexico |
| 1996 | | Galería Irma Valerio | Zacatecas | Zacatecas | Mexico |
| 1996 | | Orbe Galerìa de Arte | Cancún | Quintana Roo | Mexico |
| 1995 | | Museo del Pueblo | Guanajuato | Guanajuato | Mexico |
| 1992 | | Librería Francesa | Mexico City | Mexico DF | Mexico |
| 1990 | | Centro Cultural de Mexico | Paris | | France |
| 1987 | | Iturralde Gallery | La Jolla | California | United States |
| 1982 | | Galería López Quiroga | Mexico City | Mexico DF | Mexico |
| 1981 | | Galería Viva Mexico | Caracas | | Venezuela |
| 1980 | | Galería Viva Mexico | Caracas | | Venezuela |
| 1980 | | Galerìa Miro | Monterrey | Nuevo León | Mexico |
| 1979 | | Galería Kin | Mexico City | Mexico DF | Mexico |
| 1977 | | The Mexican Museum | San Francisco | California | United States |
| 1976 | | Galería Misrachi | Mexico City | Mexico DF | Mexico |
| 1974 | | Galería Miró | Monterrey | Nuevo León | Mexico |
| 1973 | | Galería Mendoza | Caracas | | Venezuela |
| 1972 | | Galería Edvard Munch | | | Mexico |
| 1972 | | Galería Lepe | Puerto Vallarta | Jalisco | Mexico |
| 1971 | | Galería de Arte Grabado | Caracas | | Venezuela |
| 1969 | | Galería Antonio Souza | Mexico City | Mexico DF | Mexico |
| 1966 | | Galería Forma | Monterrey | Nuevo León | Mexico |