Art
Calados
Standing on Porous Rock
Water gestures
Mining for Swimming
Soft Eye of the Hurricane
Weave
Knit
Fiber Optic
Limestone Jacquard
Knitwear
Design
Haverhill, Brand Design
Anthropologie, Textile Design
Of Soiled Bodies, Curator
About
Are.na
Vero was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and grew up in Mexico City followed by South Florida. She earned a BFA in Textile Design from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2022, where she was awarded a RISD Museum scholarship to attend a travel course in Oaxaca, immersing herself in local material cultures. She also received the Barbara L. Kuhlman Scholarship in support of her thesis project, Standing on Porous Rock, an exploration of the climate crisis in relation to tourist culture in Miami.
During her time at RISD, Vero collaborated with artist Corina Dorrego to design an independent study with Professor Sean Nesselrode-Moncada, examining the visual systems through which the Caribbean has been imaged for tourist consumption. Together, they also co-curated Of Soiled Bodies, a student exhibition showcasing artists exploring themes of displacement and uprootedness.
After graduating, Vero taught off-loom weaving and to elementary school students before working as a home textile designer at Anthropologie in Philadelphia, where she deepened her knowledge of textile manufacturing. After a year, she chose to pivot, seeking work that would allow her to sustain a personal art practice.