ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“As a person I feel extremely blessed to have many possibilities to improve my community. I am a molecular biologist at a local pharmaceutical company where I work to improve the life of those living with detrimental medical condition Outside of work, I am n artist working to uplift people’s emotions and promote my culture by painting colorful images of life and death.

My inspiration to pursue painting arose from n=my first trip to Mexico; to be more exact, seeing the murals by David Alfaro Siqiueros at El Palacio de Bellas Artes. Since that trip in 1996, I have traveled to various parts of Mexico only to increase my fascination with Mexican art in its entirety, especially the subject of Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead. This Mexican Holiday has enriched my life by learning about my grandmothers, whom both died when my parents were young children, and my parents as people.

I aspire to use my work as a tool to broaden the understanding of Mexican culture, its people and its traditions, based on my personal life and travel experiences. Most recently I have begun to work on my goal of making art accessible to EVERYONE by participating on the painting of “All the Kings Men and Women Mural” on Imperial Ave. and 32^nd under the direction of Mario Torero. It is our social duty to use our talents to better the community that we live in and I am blessed to have more than one talent to give as my contribution to our world.”

PROFILE

Nuvia graduated from UCSD where she studied art under David Antin, Italo Scanga, Faith Ringold, Raul Guerrero, and Jerome Rothenberg. She has exhibited locally and currently active with “Fuerza” along with Guild muralists Mario Torero and Christopher Oleata.