Carlos Rosales-Silva — Sargent's Daughters

Carlos Rosales-Silva

Installation view, Sun Kiss, 2025 — Installation view, *Sun Kiss,* 2025

Carlos Rosales-Silva, Vampiro, 2025, Glass bead and crushed stone in acrylic paint on panel, 24 x 20 in. — Carlos Rosales-Silva, *Vampiro,* 2025, Glass bead and crushed stone in acrylic paint on panel, 24 x 20 in.

Carlos Rosales-Silva, La Pulga 2, 2022, Dyed stones, acrylic plastic, and crushed stone and glass bead in acrylic paint on custom shaped panel, 22 x 22 in. — Carlos Rosales-Silva, *La Pulga 2,* 2022, Dyed stones, acrylic plastic, and crushed stone and glass bead in acrylic paint on custom shaped panel, 22 x 22 in.

Carlos Rosales-Silva, Ojo, Crushed stone and glass bead in acrylic paint on panel, 20 x 16 in. — Carlos Rosales-Silva, *Ojo,* Crushed stone and glass bead in acrylic paint on panel, 20 x 16 in.

Carlos Rosales-Silva, Loose Grip, 2023, Crushed stone and glass bead in acrylic paint on panel, 24 x 20 in. — Carlos Rosales-Silva, *Loose Grip,* 2023, Crushed stone and glass bead in acrylic paint on panel, 24 x 20 in.

Carlos Rosales-Silva, Sexy Ceramic Panther with Lemon, 2026, Glass bead and crushed stone in acrylic paint on panel, 24 x 30 in. — Carlos Rosales-Silva, *Sexy Ceramic Panther with Lemon,* 2026, Glass bead and crushed stone in acrylic paint on panel, 24 x 30 in.

Carlos Rosales-Silva, Flower Growing Thru a Fence All Day and Night, 2026, Glass bead and crushed stone in acrylic paint on panel, 54 x 50 x 3 in. — Carlos Rosales-Silva, *Flower Growing Thru a Fence All Day and Night,* 2026, Glass bead and crushed stone in acrylic paint on panel, 54 x 50 x 3 in.

Installation view, Leitmotif, 2026 — Installation view, *Leitmotif,* 2026

Carlos Rosales-Silva (b. 1982, El Paso, TX) was born on the border of the United States and Mexico. His studio practice considers the vernacular culture of the American Southwest, the Western canon of art history, and the political and cultural connections and disparities between them. He has exhibited throughout the United States and Mexico. Recent solo exhibitions and presentations include Mariposa at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City (2025); Sun Kiss at Sargent’s Daughters, New York (2025); Border Logic at Sargent’s Daughters, Los Angeles (2023); Flor Modernista at The Armory Show, New York (2023); and a solo presentation at Ruiz-Healy Art, New York (2022). Group exhibitions include Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way at Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY (2025), Leitmotif at Sargent’s Daughters and Berry Campbell, New York, NY (2026); Summer Camp at Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY (2024); exhibitions at North Loop, Williamstown, MA; Seasons LA, Los Angeles, CA; and The Latinx Project at NYU, New York, NY, among others.

He has been an artist-in-residence at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (2024); Abrons Art Center, New York, NY (2021); Residency Unlimited, New York (2020); Artpace, San Antonio, TX (2018); and Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY (2017). His work has been reviewed or featured in ARTnews, Artnet News, Artspace, Hyperallergic, and Glasstire. Rosales-Silva received an MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, in 2020 and a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin in 2010.

He lives and works in New York and Texas and is an Associate Professor of Studio Art at the University of Texas at Austin. His work is in the permanent collection of the San Antonio Museum of Art and the University of Kentucky Art Museum. He has created permanent site-specific murals at The Momentary, Bentonville, AR, and New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. He is represented by Sargent’s Daughters.