Natalia Rocafuerte is a xicanx experimental video and sound artist exploring dreams as narratives of self. Her current project is creating animations and videos of dreams from Mexican Americans/ Xicanx/ Mexican immigrants. Rocafuerte has exhibited at the 2018 Young Latinx Artists at Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, TX as well as being featured in Remezcla for "Top 40 Latinx Texas Artists to Know in 2020". Rocafuerte has hosted various workshops for young and older artists through The Contemporary Austin, Ballroom Marfa, and Civic Arts-Austin. Natalia is interested in the phenomenology of dreams, video aesthetics, experimental mediums, rasquachismo and waking life. She grew up on both sides of the Rio Grande Border in Tamaulipas and Texas and became a naturalized USA citizen in 2019.
Current Master of Fine Arts Candidate at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor & Rackham Fellow
Thank you!
Natalia Rocafuerte
nataliarocafuerte@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
2022 Candidate Master of Fine Arts, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
2017 Bachelor in Arts associates in Art History at Texas State University.
2017 Bachelor in Arts associates in Art History at Texas State University.
2012 Psychoanalytic Theory Study in Paris, France. University of Texas-PanAm
2011 Documentary Film Study, Puebla, Mexico. Apolonio Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS & SCREENINGS:
CURRENT:
2021 59th Ann Arbor Film Festival | Ann Arbor, MI
2021 Choose Your Own Adventure (Virtual) | Ann Arbor, MI
2021 Andie and Natalia's Experimental Show | World Wide Web | Austin, TX
2020 Austin Studio Tour | Austin, TX
2020 Respond/ Resist/ Rethink: A Stamps Student Poster & Video Exhibition | Ann Arbor, MI
2020 Concept Animals Video Art Show | Martha Contemporary | Austin, TX
2020 SOUNDLOT Mass Gallery Virtual Video Show
2020 NMASS: Quarantine Virtual Concerts
2020 Xicanx: New Visions | Centro De Artes | San Antonio, TX
2019 Exhibiting artist at Austin Public Library | All Shades Considered | Austin, TX
2019 Selected Film and Artist for Senorita Cinema | Houston, TX
2019 Future Traditions Festival | Museum of Human Achievement | Austin, TX
2019 QFest | The Mystic Lyon | Houston, TX
2019 Bring Your Own Beamer | Menil Collection | Houston, TX
2019 Video Mapping X Abraham Cruzvillegas | The Contemporary | Austin, TX
2019 HBO X SXSW Human By Orientation | Brazos Hall | Austin, TX
2018 Fields 10th Issue Release | FancyFancy Studios | Austin, TX
2018 BABESFEST 2018, Museum of Human Achievement | Austin, TX
2018 Sacramento Zine Fest 2018 | Verge Center for the Arts | Sacramento, CA
Mexic-Arte Museum | Austin, TX
2017 Austin East Side Studio Tour | What Hell YOU Playin? | ATM Gallery | Austin, TX
2017 Short for Magazine | Corporate Gallery | San Antonio, TX
2017 SXSW | Known Unknown Experimental Film Fest | Austin TX
2017 Bibliotecha | ATM GALLERY | Austin, TX
2017 THE GAME | Dahlia Woods Gallery | San Marcos, TX.
2016 Falling Back South | Yerberia Cultura | McAllen, Texas.
2016 Group Show | Walker Gallery | San Marcos, TX
2016 Pan African Action Committee Black Excellence Gallery | San Marcos, TX
UPCOMING:
2023 NYFA Group Show| Blue Star Arts Complex | San Antonio, TX
2021 MXTX | Fonoteca Nacional | Mexico City
FELLOWSHIPS
January 2019 NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentorship Program. San Antonio, TX
RESIDENCIES
March 2021 Artist in residence for NALAC Catalyst for Change and Race Forward Immigrant Butterfly Lab
April 2020 Artist in Residence BossBabesATX, Austin, TX
June 2009 Artist in Residence at Rosales Lugo Gallery, Tamaulipas, MX.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Spring 2021 GSI Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Michigan.
May 2020 OBS for Artists Virtual Workshop, Big Medium
January 2020 Abstract Printmaking, The Contemporary, Austin, TX
Decr 2019 Abstract Printmaking, The Contemporary, Austin, TX
June 2019 Summer DJ Camp workshop, Ballroom Marfa. Marfa, TX
May 2019 Plant Care- Self Care Workshop, BossbabesATX, Austin, TX
April 2019 Alone, Together: A Workshop On Collaboration, BossbabesATX, Austin, TX
Nov 2018 Dia de Los Muertos Virtual Lecture for Streamable Learning, Austin, TX
August 2018 Screen Printing workshop, YLA 23 Closing, Mexic-Arte Museum. Austin, TX
July 2018 Screen It! Screen Printing Workshops Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
June 2018 Screen It! Screen Printing Workshops Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
May 2018 Cinco de Mayo Virtual Lecture for Streamable Learning, Austin, TX
April 2018 Screen Printing Workshop, Mexic-Arte Museum. Austin, TX
April 2017 Summer DJ Camp workshop, Ballroom Marfa. Marfa, TX
PANELS AND ARTIST TALKS:
May 2019 QFest, Experimental Videos, Houston, TX
May 2019 Future Traditions, Indigenous and Futuristic Music Panel, Austin, TX
July 2018 Young Latinx Artist:23, Artist Talk, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
GRANTS:
Selected artist for Smuckers Wagstaff Grant 2020
Selected artist for City of Austin Arts and Culture Grant 2020
Selected artist for JOLT Artist Grant, February 2017
Selected artist for Go Collaborative City of Austin Mural grant, 2017
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:
December 2020 Future Traditions Video Showcase, World Wide Web
September 2019 BABES FEST FILM (film curator), Austin, TX
August 2019 Queer Happy Hour: Urban Outfitters, Austin, TX
November 2018 Viva La Vida Parade Artist in Residence KUNIKLO, Austin, TX
October 2018 #elmeromuro Project, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
January 2016-Feb 2017 Co-chair Art Director San Marcos Cinema Club
January 2013-2014 Board Member of the Texas State Honors Gallery.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Sept 2017 - current Freelance Video Editor, Austin TX
May 2018 - current Civic Arts Artist in Residence for the READ Alliance, Austin, TX
2017 - 2020 Member of the vinyl DJ collective Chulita Vinyl Club
Feb - Dec 2018 Education Associate at Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX
April 2016 - Jan 2019 Tenant Organizer for Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. Austin, TX
August 2016 Organizer Fight for $15 National conference. Richmond, VA
May 2016 Power of Pink PlannedParenthood advocate training. Pittsburgh, PA
October 2015 Councilmember Kshama Sawant Campaign Volunteer. Seattle,WA
September 2015 Speaker at Planned Parenthood Conference, San Antonio TX
August 2015 Lobbyist for Texas Freedom Network State Conference. Austin, TX
July 2015 Texas Lobbyist for Planned Parenthood. Washington D.C.
2014-2015 Representative for Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equality TSU
2014-2015 Vice President for Feminists United at TSU
REVIEWS:
Sightlines Magazine
Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle
Time Out Magazine
La Voz
SXSW feature for Pan American Newspaper
SELECTED PODCASTS
August 2019 Austin 360 Podcast: Episode 93
Sept 2018 #13 Yo Soy LGBTQ Podcast
COLLECTIVE MEMBER
(inactive) Chulita Vinyl Club Austin
(active) Las Raras