The Chicago Mosaic School’s Artist in Residence, Nanda Yasoda Mejías Rojas, returns for a second stay Fall 2026.

Nanda Yasoda is a Chilean visual artist born in the Atacama Desert, where matter preserves the traces of time. Her practice displaces the mosaic from its ornamental condition to turn it into a language of memory, identity and territory. In her work, the fracture does not represent a loss, but the possibility of constructing new meanings.

Trained in Art and Cultural Management, with a diploma in Microcuratorships and currently a student of the Bachelor of Arts, she has participated in the SACO Biennial and in Ch.ACO. Her career extends to France, Cuba, Spain and the United States, with works and research that move between authorial creation and public space.

She is currently at The Chicago Mosaic School, delving into the history of mosaic, its contemporary expressions, sculpture and material experimentation. She hopes to expand her technical knowledge and pose new questions about the relationship between matter, memory and creation.

www.nandayasoda.cl