SOlo Exhibition & Residency Fellowship

2025

VL4E

Residency at In Suti Polyculture Vermont, June-July

Solo Exhibition Field Projects, July - August

VL4E was formed in 2024 by artists Mariana Parisca, Luis Vasquez La Roche, and bryan ortiz. Longtime collaborators, the trio has previously worked together on curatorial projects, exhibitions, and zines that highlight art and writing rooted in the experiences of people from Asian, Caribbean, and Latin American diasporas.

Mariana Parisca is an interdisciplinary visual artist and educator from the USA and Venezuela, currently based in CDMX. Luis Vasquez La Roche is a visual artist who resides between Trinidad and Tobago and Virginia. They are an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at George Mason University in Northern Virginia. Parisca and Vasquez La Roche both earned their MFAs from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, in 2020. bryan ortiz is an artist based in Fayetteville, Arkansas with roots in Southern California and Central/ Southern Mexico. ortiz received his MFA from The Ohio State University in 2021 and most recently served as the Assistant Director of Visible Records, an artist-run space in Charlottesville, VA.