Carlos Rolón/Dzine

Born:

1970

Residence:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Nationality:

American

Trust:

APT New York

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Maybe you didn’t grow up in Chicago. Maybe your parents aren’t immigrants from Puerto Rico. But as soon as you step into the living room of artist Carlos Rolón/Dzine, you’ll feel right at home. Read more at http://www.craveonline.com/art/1204161-artist-carlos-rolon-nostalgic-bling#u6QsrVHEW0jPr0FX.99
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First there were pop-up nail salons, now pop-up tattoo parlors. Museums are offering more than just a viewing experience for visitors these days, and the latest craze is free customized, wearable art.
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On Thursday, August 12, 2010, TNT (Thursday Night Thing) returns to the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s downtown location with a dynamic evening
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We first came face to face with Dzine's custom built and blinged out cruisers last year at the Viva La Revolucion show in San Diego
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A revolutionary trend is sweeping through our institutionalized art houses, being that the country’s established museums are receiving major image makeovers.
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A self-taught artist of Puerto Rican descent, Dzine—born Carlos Rolon—has been making waves with hybrid paintings and customized sculptures
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Nail polish is going through a boom period. Celebrities like Katy Perry and Lady Gaga sport outrageous nail art on their fingers, and limited-edition
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Shepard Fairey, Banksy and more have work in the San Diego museum exhibition, but not everyone seems happy about such artists and the establishment getting cozy.
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Paul Kasmin Gallery, in collaboration with Salon 94, presents Dzine: Born, Carlos Rolon, 1970, a joint exhibition of new works
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Chicago is known for its wealth of public art scattered throughout the city. So the massive Art Chicago 2010 wouldn’t be complete without
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Carlos Rolón/Dzine (b. 1970, Chicago, IL) attended Columbia College Chicago with a concentration in painting and drawing. In the past several years, Rolón has been recognized for elaborately crafted paintings, ornate sculpture and works that come out of Kustom Kulture. His studio practice investigates pop culture, craft, ritual, beauty, and its relationship to art history, subculture, appropriation and the institution. The work often addresses his own biography by melding memory and the imaginary with carefully crafted, hybrid works that are playfully situated between the contradictory worlds of conspicuous consumption and urban artifact. The work is at once melancholic, excessive and exuberant, poised somewhere between celebration and regret. Rolón illuminates how the masculine can become delicate and how the baroque can be minimal.

The artist has held solo exhibitions at The Dallas Contemporary, Dallas; Bass Museum of Art, Miami; Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico; and CAM Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis.

His work has also been exhibited in group shows at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Marta Herford Museum, Herford, Germany; Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Museo del Barrio, New York and Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Canary Islands.

In 2007 Rolon represented Ukraine in the 52nd Venice Biennale. He is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation award for Painting and Sculpture. Recent commissions include Rolls Royce Motor Cars as a part of the company’s innovative art initiative and the Lincoln Center Vera List Art Project.

Rolón’s work is included in the following public collections: Bass Museum of Art, Miami; Brooklyn Museum, New York; City of Chicago Public Art Collection; Museo del Barrio, New York; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; and Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine; Daegu Art Museum, South Korea, among others.

For additional information about this artist, visit Mutual Art

ARTWORKS

Carlos Rolón/Dzine

Untitled (Velvet Blacklight Zodiac Lovers No. 2)

Carlos Rolón/Dzine

All Gold Everything (with Violet Love Letters)