Laura Patricia Pérez Rocha (Ramona) is a visual artist and an active member of the collective Siete Galería since 2018. Her work explores, among other things, the relationship between light and darkness, always highlighting the human figure as the central axis in scenarios that seem unfamiliar to us.

While her paintings cover various themes—mainly focusing on technical explorations of settings and lighting—her recurring subject is Catholic saints, particularly virgins, liturgical events, and altars. This interest stems from her personal engagement with these themes during her childhood and adolescence—something not imposed but rather a natural inclination of her own.

A recent theme in her work has been portraying the employees of convenience stores, as she worked in one for almost four years. Through this experience, she sought to highlight the positive aspects of their context, a project that became part of her PECDA grant work.

During this process, she developed a technical interest in painting certain aspects, such as exploring and simplifying surfaces and elements through glazing techniques, adding points of interest in the composition using dramatic lighting on specific elements, and overall playing with the interplay of light and shadow in her work.

Her career includes group exhibitions and recognition in events such as the Guillermo Bravo Morán State Award in multiple editions, the Alfredo Zalce National Biennial of Painting, Printmaking, and Contemporary Ceramics (2024), the First National Ángel Zárraga Contest (2022), the Julio Castillo National Painting Biennial (2024), and the National Young Art Meeting (2022 and 2023). Ramona has been awarded grants from the Stimulus Program for Artistic Creation and Development (PECDA) in 2021 and the Young Creators Program in 2023.

RAMONA ROCHA

SELECTED WORKS

El ritual II