Upcoming Exhibition: December 14, 2024 — January 22, 2025
Presa House is honored to present Dessert with Rolando: A Retrospective Annex Exhibition. This special exhibition celebrates the prolific career of internationally renowned artist Rolando Briseño and complements Dining with Rolando Briseño: A 50-Year Retrospective, currently on view at Centro de Artes, curated by Ruben Cordova and presented by the City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts and Culture. The Presa House Gallery opening reception will be held on Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 7 to 11 pm, and the artist will be in attendance. The exhibition will remain on view by appointment through January 22, 2025.
Food serves as the unifying theme of the two exhibitions, explored literally—through depictions of tablescapes and dining habits—and metaphorically, addressing cultural fusion, ritual, and the universe’s structure. Dessert with Rolando Briseño offers an intimate annex to this more expansive exhibition. Featuring over 20 works, including pieces debuting in San Antonio for the first time, this show focuses on Briseño’s deep exploration of cultural identity, history, and the transformative power of food as both sustenance and symbol.
About Rolando Briseño:
Born and raised on San Antonio’s West Side, Rolando Briseño (B. 1952) is a trailblazing Mexican American artist whose career spans more than five decades. Briseño earned a BFA in Art History, a BA in Art from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MFA from Columbia University in 1979. A member of the seminal San Antonio-based Chicano art collective Con Safo, Briseño has exhibited widely, including a recent group exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in New York and represented in the permanent collections of institutions including the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; El Museo del Barrio and the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the Blanton Museum of Art at UT-Austin.
His public art installations are featured in major sites across the U.S., including the Houston Intercontinental Airport, the Austin Convention Center, and Metro-North in New York City. His contributions have earned him grants and residencies from prestigious organizations, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Rockefeller Foundation in Bellagio, Italy.