Dzine artist biography

For the Paraguayan footballer, see Carlos Rolón (footballer).

American painter

Carlos Rolón (born 1970), also known professionally under the pseudonymDzine, is an American contemporary visual artist of Puerto Rican descent.^[1] Rolón's work has been shown at museums and galleries internationally, including the Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Marta Herford Museum, Germany, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico, New Orleans Museum of Art, and the 2007 Venice Biennale.^[2]

Early life, education and career

Carlos Rolón was born and raised in Chicago, where he still lives and works.^[2] Rolón attended Columbia College Chicago in 1989, with a concentration in painting and drawing.^[3] His early career was heavily influenced by early New York City street, hip hop, disco and punk culture of the 1980s.^[4] He abandoned creating work as a street artist for abstract paintings in his early twenties.^[5] His travels to Eu