Francisco Rozas
About
The large-format geometric objects for which the artist is known oscillate between flatness and three-dimensionality. They embody exemplary visualisations of mathematical dependencies. Assuming that the sculptures are made of stone or matt lacquered wood, the observer will only recognize on second sight, that he has been decieved. The massive sculptures turn out to be precisely manufactured objects made of light material.
The artist's works are concerned with the theme of deception. The deception of perception. In this logic, the artist found it extremely appealing to deal with the double modular façade of the building erected in the 1970s on the former site of the headquarters of the Ministry of State Security of the GDR in Berlin. The grid structure of the modular façade was designed to allow light in, but not transparency. It served to ensure that the employees of the State Security Service (Stasi) could not be photographed from outside the building.
The artist now takes up this wall element in an object and adds further deceptive elements. The artwork itself leans against the wall in several sections and can only be deciphered further by the movement of the viewer. As always with Roza's artistic realization: concrete to abstract and ultimately minimalistic.
Rozas' drawings, created with the help of an old typewriter, are also very impressive. The patterns and geometric progressions he creates are extremely rhythmic, rich in variation and simply difficult to trace back to individual letter types.
Francisco Rozas, born 1980 in Temuco, Chile. Lives and works in Berlin. The artist studied at the ARCIS University Santiago de Chile, at the Kunstakademie Duesseldorf with Prof. Rita McBride and at the Universität der Kuenste UdK Berlin with Prof. Gregor Schneider and Art in Context (Master Degree). He received the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch-Dienst) stipend, the CONICYT (National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research) award and received a stipend from Kunstfonds / NEUSTART KULTUR, BKM.
His work has been shown at many institutions and galleries: Kunsthalle Bremerhaven; Kunsthaus Potsdam; Kommunale Galerie, Rathaus Johannisthal, Berlin; Al Riwaq Art Space (Manama, Bahrain); SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin; Galerie PANAM, Santiago, Chile; art Karlsruhe art fair 2017 | booth Galerie Gilla Loercher; Glint space, Berlin; Paper Positions Berlin art fair 2022 | booth Galerie Gilla Loercher; Paper Positions art fair 2023 | booth Galerie Gilla Loercher; Galerie Gilla Loercher I Contemporary Art (Berlin) a.o.
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Works
FranciscoRozas. Sichtschutz 2024, atGalerieGillaLoercher2024
Aluminium, Polycarbonat. 177 cm x 118 cm x 27 cm
Unique piece in an unlimited series / size variable.
Photo: CHROMA, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
FranciscoRozas, Untitled 2024. AttGalerieGillaLoercher2024_CHROMA_5010 web
Paper. 180 cm x 37 Ø cm.
Photo: CHROMA, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Francisco Rozas at Galerie Gilla Loercher 2024_IMG_5626
Photo: Galerie Gilla Loercher
Francisco Rozas, Type 01, 2020
Paper, ink
22 cm x 58 cm
framed
Unique piece from an endless series
Photo: Chroma, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Untitled, 2017
Paper, wood
H 200 cm. Ø 34 cm
Photo: CHROMA, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher and the artist
Francisco Rozas, Untitled, 2018. Galerie Gilla Loercher
Paper, wood
200 x Ø 38 cm
Photo: Pablo Ocqueteau, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Untitled, 2018
Paper, wood
200 x Ø 38 cm
Photo: Pablo Ocqueteau, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Untitled (Curtain object) / Untitled, 2018
Paper, wood,
200 x Ø 38 cm
Photo: Pablo Ocqueteau, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Francisco Rozas, Sculpture, Untitled, 2023
Paper, Polystyrol foam.
H 210, 25 Ø cm
Untitled, 2018
Paper, wood,
80 x Ø 22 cm
Photo: Pablo Ocqueteau, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Francisco Rozas Type 07, 2024. Paper, ink. 51 cm x 19,5 cm, framed._IMG_5536
Photo: Galerie Gilla Loercher.5.2024
Untitled, 2018
Paper, wood
80 x Ø 22 cm
Photo: Pablo Ocqueteau, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Untitled, 2018
Paper, wood,
80 x Ø 22 cm,
Photo: Pablo Ocqueteau, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Untitled, 2018
Paper, wood,
80 x Ø 22 cm
Photo: Pablo Ocqueteau, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Untitled, 2018
Paper, wood
80 x Ø 22 cm
Photo: Pablo Ocqueteau, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Installation Pretending with 12 objects, 2016
Card paper, metal,
all objects 210 h x average width 15-20 cm.
In total 400 x 60 x 350 cm.
Photo: Pablo Ocqueteau, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Francisco Rozas at Galerie Gilla Loercher 2024_IMG_5622
Photo: Galerie Gilla Loercher
Untitled, 2014
Paper, metal
210 h x average width 20 cm
Photo: Francisco Rozas
FranciscoRozas ClaudiaDesgranges GonzaloReyesAraos_Booth GalerieGillaLoercher PaperPositions2023
Booth 23 Galerie Gilla Loercher
Paper POSITIONS Berlin 2023 art fair
Photo: CHROMA, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Untitled, 2014
Paper, metal
210 h x average width 15-20 cm
Photo: Francisco Rozas
Untitled, 2014
Paper, metal
210 h x average width 15-20 cm
Photo: Francisco Rozas
Untitled, 2014
Laminate
130 x 78,3 x 11 cm
Photo: Ute Schendel, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Untitled, 2014
Laminate
130 x 78,3 x 11 cm
Photo: Ute Schendel, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Untitled, 2014
Laminate
130 x 78,3 x 11 cm
Photo: Ute Schendel, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Untitled, 2020
Paper
H 192 cm. Ø 26 cm
Photo: CHROMA, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher and the artist
Untitled, 2018
Paper, wood,
180 x Ø 16cm (on brass plate)
Photo: Ute Schendel, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Folds, 2020
Polystyrol, rigid foam
H 185 x 60 x 8 cm
Photo: CHROMA, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher and the artist
In Planning, 2014
Installation
24 Unique objects in a shelf with 3 compartments
Pressboard, metal
Installation: 313 x 211 x 24 cm
Single object: 100 x 20 x 20 cm
Photo: Ute Schendel, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Detail of In Planning, 2014
Installation
24 Unique objects in a shelf with 3 compartments
Pressboard, metal
Installation: 313 x 211 x 24 cm
Photo: Ute Schendel, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Francisco Rozas, Type02, 2020
Paper, ink
21,4 x 30 cm
framed
Unique piece from an endless series
Foto: Gilla Loercher, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Francisco Rozas at booth Galerie Gilla Loercher.PaperPositions2022
Photo: Ute Schendel, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher and the artist
Francisco Rozas at booth Galerie Gilla Loercher.PaperPositions2022
Photo: Ute Schendel, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher and the artist
Francisco Rozas, Untitled, 2018, Papier, Holz. 4 sculptures, each: 80 x Ø 22 cm. Booth Galerie Gilla Loercher
Photo: CHROMA, courtesy Galerie Gilla Loercher
Exhibitions
Biography
Born in Temuco, Chile in 1980.
Lives and works in Berlin.
2010 – 2014
Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). Postgraduate Masters Degree - Art in Context. Berlin - Germany
2009 – 2010
Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). Class Prof. Gregor Schneider. Berlin - Germany
2007 – 2008
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Scholarship, Art Project. Class Prof. Rita McBride. Düsseldorf - Germany
2003 – 2007
ARCIS University. Graduate studies in Visual Arts. Santiago - Chile
2001
Mayor University. Graphic Design. Santiago - Chile
Publications
2023
Catalog Francisco Rozas. 24 pages. Edition Galerie Gilla Loercher. With texts by: Constanze Musterer and Gilla Loercher
2018
Exhibition review. SUPPORT. Kante zeigen. Francisco Rozas stellt Sehgewohnheiten in Frage. Article by Laura Storfner. Tagesspiegel 17.11.2018
Scholarships
2007 – 2008
DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
CONICYT, Commission for Scientific and Technological Research
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2024
Suddenly there was no place to build anymore, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2022
PAPER POSITIONS Berlin | Booth Galerie Gilla Loercher, Deutsche Telekom Hauptstadtrepräsentanz, Berlin
2021
If you lived here, you' be disappointed, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2018
SUPPORT, Galerie Gilla Loercher I Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2016
Prentending, Galerie Gilla Loercher I Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2015
Insinuando obra, Galerie PANAM, Santiago, Chile
MACROCOSMI. Gallery Exchange Berlin – Bologna. Co-exhibition with Ettore Frani, Galerie Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2014
In Planning, Galerie Gilla Loercher I Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2012
Insulating, Matador Projekt, Berlin, Germany
2010
Solo Exhibition – Waldstatt, Reinraum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2024
Summer exhibition, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin, D
2023
Seasonal. Digital, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin, D
PAPER POSITIONS Berlin | Booth Galerie Gilla Loercher, Deutsche Telekom Hauptstadtrepräsentanz, Berlin
2022
Seasonal. Digital, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin, D
2021
Seasonal. Digital, Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art, Berlin, D
Home run, Kommunale Galerie, Rathaus Johannisthal, Berlin, Germany
2020
SMALL WONDERS, Galerie Gilla Loercher I Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Biegen und Falten, curated by Birgit Möckel, Kunsthaus Potsdam, Germany
2018
018 geometric, Galerie Gilla Loercher I Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Like Home, Glint, Berlin, Germany
2017
Social Geometrism, Kunst am Spreeknie KASK, Berlin, Germany
Art Karlsruhe Art Fair | Booth Galerie Gilla Loercher, Karlsruhe, Germany
2015
Video Lounge POSITIONS BERLIN art fair 2015, Berlin, Germany
2014
Video Lounge POSITIONS BERLIN art fair 2014, Berlin, Germany
2013
Gegenwart (curated by Gilla Loercher and Mica Prentovic), Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2011
Here an Now, Amnesia. Speculation, Paradies / Paraiso, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2010
Minimal Maximal, Hi, Al Riwaq Art Space, Manama, Bahrain
The Castle of Discipline, Outer Room, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Detailfragen, Untitled, Galerie En Blanco, Berlin, Germany
Aufbau, Sockel, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Germany
2008
Unter Freiem Himmel, Arquitectura Móvil 03, Worringer Platz Botschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany
Gardening Society, Arquitectura Móvil 02, Düsseldorf, Germany
