August 18, 2023 Image Ivonne Yáñez Ivonne Yáñez ’23, MFA, is currently exhibiting her installation Rosa Mexicano at the SOO Visual Arts Center in Minneapolis. Rosa Mexicano is a journey through various mediums, utilizing dreams as her primary content. Yáñez interprets these dreams through soft sculpture, installation, and painting. Rosa Mexicano (Mexican pink) refers to the name of the color emblematic of Mexico City. The name was inspired by the color of Bugambilia, a local flower that decorates every corner in Mexico City nearly all year round. Most of Yáñez’s memories are pictured in pink. The intensity of color in street markets, taxis, houses, and of course, the Bugambilia trees gives her city a pink glow. Blended memories from the rooftop of her house, watching other women washing their clothes at noon, sharing stories about their journeys, going over all kinds of rituals to protect their clothes from the rain, and the aesthetic of the collected pots in corners of every house. From reused plastic bottles to the clothes hanging and dancing in a party of color– this pink makes her feel she is always in a dreamlike atmosphere, a space where the color is not gendered and it is the texture of daily routines. Rosa Mexicano On view through September 3 SOO Visual Arts Center (Minneapolis, MN) Learn More Rosa Mexicano Explore more about Ivonne Yañez