I paint the question I cannot stop asking: we are divine creation, a precise biological machine, and yet we live bound to the body, to need and instinct, without full awareness of what we could become.
This question is not abstract. It emerges from lived experience of having had to fight first for survival. As a Latin American immigrant, I understand from within the distance between the needs of the body and those of the spirit. My work inhabits that tension.
The human body is my language. I do not represent it; I use it. Through the figure, posture, and tension, I construct images that engage the conflict between the physical and the spiritual. Animals and natural elements operate as active forces within a symbolic system developed from experience rather than reference.
Gold leaf introduces the divine into the material: light as origin, fire as transformation, and the constant friction between spiritual value and desire.
I work primarily in oil for its ability to transform the surface through layers, density, and transparency, allowing me to build images that contain tension and change. The use of mixed media expands these possibilities when the work requires it.
I do not make images to comfort. I make images that insist on a question: how can the human being transcend the daily struggle for survival and recognize that it is not only matter, but also energy and consciousness?
My practice resonates with the spirituality of Hilma af Klint, the symbolism of Klimt, and contemporary artists such as Firelei Báez and Kehinde Wiley, who place the body at the center of the mythic and the sacred. However, my work emerges from a specific experience: that of a Latin American woman who learned first to survive, and from that place asks what it means to transcend.
Artist Statement
DECLARACIÓN DE ARTISTA
Pinto la pregunta que no puedo dejar de hacerme: somos creación divina, una máquina biológica precisa, y sin embargo vivimos atados al cuerpo, a la necesidad y al instinto, sin plena conciencia de lo que podríamos ser.
Esta pregunta no es abstracta. Nace de la experiencia concreta de haber tenido que luchar primero por sobrevivir. Como inmigrante latinoamericana, conozco desde adentro la distancia entre las necesidades del cuerpo y las del espíritu. Mi obra habita esa tensión.
El cuerpo humano es mi lenguaje. No lo represento: lo utilizo. A través de la figura, la postura y la tensión, construyo imágenes que abordan el conflicto entre lo físico y lo espiritual. Los animales y los elementos naturales operan como fuerzas activas dentro de un sistema simbólico propio, desarrollado desde la experiencia más que desde la referencia.
La hojilla dorada introduce lo divino en lo material: la luz como origen, el fuego como transformación, y la fricción constante entre valor espiritual y deseo.
Trabajo principalmente en óleo por su capacidad de transformar la superficie a través de capas, densidad y transparencia, permitiéndome construir imágenes que contienen tensión y cambio. El uso de medios mixtos amplía estas posibilidades cuando la obra lo requiere.
No hago imágenes para consolar. Hago imágenes que insisten en una pregunta: ¿cómo puede el ser humano trascender la lucha diaria por sobrevivir y reconocer que no es solo materia, sino también energía y conciencia?
Mi práctica encuentra resonancias en la espiritualidad de Hilma af Klint, el simbolismo de Klimt, y en artistas contemporáneos como Firelei Báez y Kehinde Wiley, quienes sitúan el cuerpo en el centro de lo mítico y lo sagrado. Sin embargo, mi obra nace de una experiencia específica: la de una mujer latinoamericana que aprendió primero a sobrevivir, y desde esa experiencia pregunta qué significa trascender.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions.
2025. Where the Wild Becomes Divine Arts Council of Fayetteville, NC, USA.
A solo exhibition exploring the emotional and spiritual journey of human life from instinct to transcendence through symbolic female figures, animals, and nature. Presented as part of the Artist-in-Residence program at the Arts Council of Fayetteville.
2025 The Presence, Artsy by Red Spring Artspace. Online exhibition.
Group Exhibitions.
2026.IN-SECURITY. Hudson Valley MOCA. NY, USA.
2026. The Four Seasons. Modern Visual Arts MVA Bethlehem, PA, USA.
2025. Fear Not, The Madonna exhibit, The region6 project inc, culture and art center, Fayetteville, NC, USA.
2025. Nuditas,4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Exhibizone Gallery (Online International Exhibition)
Still Storm was selected for Exhibizone’s Nuditas exhibition, dedicated to the artistic representation of the human form.
2025. Lights, Shadows, Reflections, Art Show International Gallery (Online Juried Exhibition)The Encounter was selected for this juried show exploring the interplay between light and darkness.
2024. Florencia en el Amazonas. Opera Auditorium, DACA (Diamante Arts & Cultural Center) Raleigh, NC, USA
Group exhibition inspired by the opera Florencia en el Amazonas, featuring visua l artworks that explore emotion, transformation, and the Latin American cultural legacy.
2024. Obras de la Vida, Arts Council of Fayetteville, NC, USA
Group exhibition celebrating life, emotion, and culture through art. Lady Natalia Pérez Lozano presented pieces reflecting transformation and introspection.
2024. Fayetteville Folks Festival, Fayetteville, NC, USA.
Live mural painting performance celebrating community, culture, and creativity.
