Articles
2022
"Farmington artist sews with hair in expressions of outrage, horror and strength"
Kathaleen Roberts, June 10, 2022, Albuquerque Journal
"These Are the 15 Artists Named Latinx Artists Fellows by the Ford and Mellon Foundations"
Yamily Habib, May 17, 2022, BELatina
"Farmington visual, performance artist earns $50,000 award from Mellon, Ford foundations"
Mike Easterling, May 14, 2022, Farmington Daily Times
"Ford, Mellon Foundations Name 2022 Winners of $50,000 Latinx Artist Fellowships, Including Amalia Mesa-Bains, Las Nietas de Nonó"
Maximilíano Durón, May 12, 2022, ARTnews
"Three Texas Artists Each Awarded $50,000 Through Latinx Artist Fellowship"
Jessica Fuentes, May 23, 2022, Glasstire
"15 Latinx Artist Fellows Receive $50K Grants"
Elaine Velie, May 15, 2022, Hyperallergic
"College of Visual Arts and Design CVAD News & Views"
May 12, 2022, ARTnews
"Satire Mixed With Art (Farmington artist gets $9,100 grant to stage performance piece)"
Mike Easterling, January 28, 2022, The Daily Times
2021
"The Presence of the Body"
Viola Arduini, Spring 2021, 516 Arts Member Magazine
2020
"The Language of Women"
Kathaleen Roberts, October 4, 2020, Sunday Albuquerque Journal
"Flowing, beautiful...and repulsive?"
Liz Weber, May 23-24, 2020, The Durango Herald
"Local Artist Draws From Past Two Decades of Work"
Liz Weber, March 31, 2020, The Journal
"Farmington Artist Opens New Exhibition at San Juan College"
Mike Easterling, March 5, 2020
2019
DGO, “Nope, that’s real hair: Rosemary Meza DesPlas takes her exhibit to FLC"
Amanda Push, staff writer, 10/9/2019
“12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now: Rosemary Meza-DesPlas”
Rejoinder, “Me Too”
Rejoinder, “Me Too” Issue, An online journal published by the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University, Spring 2019
Overall Winner - 'Peck, Not Prick'
Visual Art Open
Amos Eno Gallery
CAA (Advancing Art & Design)
CAA (Advancing Art & Design), CAA’s Committee on Women in the Arts selects Feminist Exhibitions Not To Miss, February 2019.
2018
“Artist Rosemary Meza-DesPlas takes over Durango Arts Center”
Judith Reynolds, “Artist Rosemary Meza-DesPlas takes over Durango Arts Center”, Durango Herald, February 15, 2018
“What One Year of Resistance Looks Like in the Art World”
Rachel Hodin, “What One Year of Resistance Looks Like in the Art World”, Interview Magazine, January 23, 2018
2017
“Rosemary Meza-DesPlas: The Dangerous Seduction of Women with Guns”
Berette Macaulay, “Rosemary Meza-DesPlas: The Dangerous Seduction of Women with Guns”, Of Note Magazine where art meets activism, The Gun Issue, Summer 2017.
2016
“Meza’DesPlas’ Work Featured at Fall Art Walk”
Mike Easterling, “Meza’DesPlas’ Work Featured at Fall Art Walk”, Farmington Daily Times, October 13, 2016
“Artist Interview with Rosemary Meza-DesPlas”
Melissa C. Hilborn and Dario Rutigliano, “Artist Interview with Rosemary Meza-DesPlas”, ARTiculAction Contemporary Art Review, 10th Edition, Special Issue, March 5, 2016.
2015
Vingt artistes de dix pays au salon «Art Résilience»
Target Gallery Presents Borders and Boundaries
2012 & Earlier
San Antonio Express News, Steve Bennett
Blog He Said She Said Art Money Sex, Brendan Carroll
ARC Views
The Dallas Morning News
Artist Hand-Sews Her Own Hair To Create Lavish, Haunting Drawings
Joseph Erbentraut, Huffpost Arts & Culture