Philippines born American artist, Ria Del Rosario spent her earliest years shaped by Kapwa—the understanding of shared humanity—while she lived inside the promise of a reunion with her family in the U.S. At age five, she boarded a plane with a relative she barely knew leaving one home to gain another. This displacement imprinted deeply, turning memory into a sensory map that guides her work today.
Ria’s practice emerges from this split between "here and there," using the brush to transform early vulnerability into resilience. She's drawn to subjects often overlooked: transient pop ephemera, sidewalk litter, and the stream-of-consciousness doodles that emerge from her mind. She treats these discarded fragments and subconscious marks as ingredients, organizing them into cohesive compositions to digest the chaos of her environment.
This fascination extends to the life cycle of objects and the beauty of decay. Whether collaborating with nature on a rotting jack-o'-lantern or rendering the light on a plastic wrapper, Ria documents temporary markers of time. Rooted in the meticulous recreation of light and emotion, her work allows her to freeze the fleeting—turning street litter or beloved memories into permanent anchors for her own history and self-discovery.
BFA, School of Visual Arts, NYC Based in NYC e: 88ria88@gmail.com
