WINNERS OF 2021 COMPETITION

The Grand Prize

Rocio Garcia Montiel

Painting, California, United States

* Website: https://www.rgmartist.com
* Instagram: https://instagram.com/rgm_artist  (@rgm_artist) 

Rocio G Montiel, also known as “RGM”, is a Mexican abstract artist who lives in Los Angeles, California. Passionate about abstract art her art translates stories, feelings, and emotions into abstract compositions using multiple shapes, patterns, and organic movements full of color, texture, and detail. She´s a painter who excels in the use of color configurations and the art of transforming geometric and curvilinear forms. 

Her techniques include acrylic paints, oils, pencil, color pencil, charcoal, and ink. She's always experimenting and trying new techniques and mediums to add in her art; therefore, her portfolio is always evolving. However, her distinctive style it’s always represented in her series and collections, the use of both organic shapes and forms to create an unpredictable movement with an energetic expression. 

Rocio received a B. A. in Political Science from the Autonomous University of Baja California in Mexico and in Public Administration. Always having a passion for art, she focused her career most on cultural affairs. Then, in 2020 she began her studies in Fine Arts at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles on the Professional Certificate Program and started her journey as an artist in May 2020. 

Her art has been selected for several juried physical and online exhibitions in the United States (Arizona, California, and New York) and internationally in London and Greece. She was also invited to be part of the First Binational Meeting of Women Visual Artist: Fincar Correspondiencias in Baja California in 2021 and she's a member of the Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA) since August 2020.