We happily announce Emmanuel Rodríguez Chaves, recipient of a Monte Azul Achievement Fellowship Award, funded by visitors to Monte Azul.
Also known as the Patron’s Fellowship award, this prestigious award is an innovative Monte Azul initiative which allows a visitors’ stay at our spectacular property to help underwrite residencies at Monte Azul. Artists who reside in Costa Rica are selected by an anonymous committee of peers and invited to attend a residency at no cost to the artist. (Read more about it here)
Emmanuel Rodríguez Chaves has chosen to utilize his two-week residency to delve into a medium he has not engaged with in some time. He anticipates that his interactions with the natural environment of his native Costa Rica will enable him to contextualize these experiences within the thematic framework of his oeuvre. This exploration will culminate in a printed edition, fully leveraging the capabilities of Monte Azul’s Press Studio.
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About the Artist
Emmanuel Rodríguez Chaves is a visual artist interested in reflecting on the use and interpretation of images through an expanded notion of painting and the creation of installations that he calls “scenarios.” His work employs found images that he subsequently manipulates to question the traditional use of the archive as a control device.
Emmanuel completed his PhD at the University of Melbourne, Australia, studied at the Kunsthochschule Berlin, Germany, and graduated with a Bachelor’s and a Licentiate degree in Fine Arts with an emphasis on Painting from the University of Costa Rica.
From mid-2023, together with fellow artists Montserrat Mesalles and Luciano Goizueta, Emmanuel has founded abra.espacio. An independent art project in San José, Costa Rica. Located in the iconic building: Condominio Las Américas.
Emanuel’s work is part of private and public collections in Costa Rica, Museo Calderón Guardia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Germany, United States, Australia, Czech Republic.
Lives and works in San José, Costa Rica.
