RESIDENT 2023
Jóse Romussi
CHILE
I am a self-taught Chilean artist. I have dedicated my work to experimentation and creation in relation to the language of textile art, embroidery and weaving. I am always searching for new tools, techniques and processes that allow me to dialogue with my work. I am interested in noble and organic materials, the textures generated by different materials. During the last ten years working on these techniques, I have developed research on textile possibilities, traveling to Germany attracted by the textile work at the Bauhaus. In Berlin where I had my last solo exhibition, I also experimented with natural hand dyeing and the creation of monochromes in geometric shapes. My work consists mainly of experimentation and research with the intention of integrating textile art to contemporary media, making visible and rescuing old techniques and material mixtures.
After making a territorial reconnaissance trip to different places in Mexico and studying some of the techniques of textile crafts mainly, I developed in Lagos a series of unpublished pieces inspired by my research. In this way I generate a crossover with my work and other projections.
This is a new series that includes the techniques of embroidery, painting and drawing.