Roberto Torres
Roberto Torres
Roberto graduated from Western Illinois University in the Spring of 2018 with a degree in Graphic Design and a Minors in Marketing. He is currently a graduate student at the University of Madison Wisconsin pursuing his Master’s and Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking. My work has been exhibited at New York City, NY, Madison, WI, Dallas, TX, Knoxville, TN, Quad Cities, IL, Puerto Rico, and Chicago, IL. He was a recipient to Education Graduate Research Scholars fellowship, American Advertising Federation Award, Advance opportunity Fellowship, and Paul M. Binzel Grant. In his practice he has always pursued a purpose to represent his views through art that can provide a positive impact that can bring communities together.
I’m a current emerging artist in printmaking based in Madison, Wisconsin I emphasize the constructs that make up the contemporary work that recontextualize the issues of migration with Mexico and Central America. My work speaks to the growing misrepresentation that the United States views migrants. As a first-generation Mexican American, I express my knowledge through printmaking acting on the social issues that deal with racial, political, and environmental problems.