Artist Profile

Artist Profile: Rossella Matamoros Based and Born: Work: Studied: 1983 1993-2014 Scholarships: 1987 1988 2000 2021 2022 Some Awards: 2023 2021 2020 2010 2008 1998 & 2003 1992 1991 Some public collections: Costa Rica

Drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, mixed media, set design, performance, lighting design, furniture design, dramaturgy of dress & video performance.

Licenciature = MA in Fine Arts . University of Costa Rica.

Master in Fine Arts. George Washington University. Washington DC. USA

Workshops with: Luis Camnitzer (Italy) 1995, Martha Wilson , NY (Osaka) 2010. Rachel Rosenthal (Los Angeles) 2010, Pablo Helguera (NYC) 2012, Geo Britto (NYC) 2013 and Coco Fusco (Massachusetts) 2014.

French Government. École des Beaux Arts y École des Arts Décoratives, France.

Fulbright. George Washington University , Washington DC

Japan Foundation. K yoto Seika University, Japan

Reseach Residency Kársitca, Cuenca, ArtHouse Madrid, Spain American Embassy in CR, USA Government

Selected for Un Aguacero Festival of Performance, Nadie Nunca Nada No Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Residency Art House Madrid & KarstiKa, Cuenca Spain Francisco Amiguetti, Costa Rica PROARTES , Costa Rica First Price Biennial Chapingo, Mexico "Aquileo J. Echeverría" , Costa Rica

National Council of Hispanic Women , Washington DC

David Lloyd Krueger, GWU, Washington, DC

National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian, Washington DC

Museum Abstract Art, Antonio Pérez Foundation, Cuenca, Spain

Inter- American Development Bank, Washington DC Museum La Neomudejar, Madrid, Spain Fundación Obra Pía de los Pizarro Costa Rican Embassy, Washington DC.

Telefónica del Peru, Lima, Peru

Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Costa Rica

Museums of the Central Bank, San Jose, Costa Rica Museum of Costa Rican Art , Costa Rica National Museum of Costa Rica Kyoto Seyka University, Japan Ars Aporia, Japan LAFISE Bank, Costa Rica Pormerica Bank,CR div