Fine Art nominee

Since the beginning of time, you have crossed the universe in search of the divinity of your spirit. You are in the middle of the path of knowing who you are. You have searched the wheel of life without knowing that each moment of this journey has been the culmination of the whole.
This trip is made alone; you cannot take anyone and must let go of the luggage you have carried. Only your soul travels on this endless journey. The wheel turns and turns without stopping. Thousands pass by over time. No one stays with you, only for bubbles of time that float but break. It would be best to let them go because each is a soul carrying its journey. The sooner you understand that your path is not the path of another, the faster you will free yourself from the pain and mourning your ego and mind create to trap you forever on the spinning wheel of karma. Free yourself from attachments and float through the eternity of everything. There, you will find peace and freedom. There, love flows without imprisoning anyone. Don't take anyone because we are all alone but on the same path to perfection.

Rocio Villanueva is an Italian-Guatemalan photographer and artist based in Guatemala City. From a very early age artistic expressions have been engraved in her consciousness, through drawing, painting, photography and art appreciation with the help of her great-uncle, who introduced her by chance in this world of art.
Rocio is self-taught, for the past 7 years she has been creating surrealistic conceptual works. She uses mainly digital photography as her canvas and Photoshop intervention as the tool for her creations. Her creative process begins beyond the computer. It starts with sketches on paper that take shape through elements, time, places and characters. Her images represent parallel and dreamlike worlds that come to life through the play of light and shadow, color and textures that create a different vision of non-existent places that resemble a painting more than a photograph.
She has participated in group exhibitions in the cities of Guatemala, Barcelona, Vienna, New York, Rome, Miami and Palm Beach. And solo exhibitions in Guatemala City.