Extraña Mi Tierra Series
Alejandra Mercedez Pacheco-Quezada
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Visitor InfoBy: Alejandra Mercedez Pacheco-Quezada
“Extraña Mi Tierra” Series –
This series was developed as a reflection of personal experiences and mundane life connecting to the diaspora in El Salvador. These works are created in context to the traditional style of EXVOTO art rooted in Latin American cultural and Roman Catholic Influences. This style of work typically has 3 elements: Story, Image, Iconography. These 4 works in the series “Extraña Mi Tierra” contain these 3 traditional elements however, applied in a contemporary approach in the medium of oil and airbrush painting.
“Zapatero” 36” x 48”
“Mi Locura Luna” 24” x 36”
“Pájaro Chido” 24” x 48”
“En El Pueblo” 48” x 60”
(L) “Mi Locura Luna” 24” x 36”
(R) “En El Pueblo” 48” x 60”
(R) “Zapatero” 36” x 48” (L)“Pájaro Chido” 24” x 48”
“Extraña Mi Tierra” series:
(X4) Oil and Airbrush on Canvas, 2024
Other Recent Works:
“Cuerpos Eterna”
(X2) 24″ X 36″
Oil on Canvas, 2023
“La Libertad”
22″ X 28″
Oil on Canvas, 2023
“Thirsty”
18″ X 24″
Oil on Canvas, 2024
“Opacity” 2023
Collage on Hardboard 8″ X 10″
“Feminicide” 2023
Collage on wood 10″ X 10″
“The Human Puzzle” 2023
Collage on Foamcore 12″ X 18″
My artistic practise focuses on themes of Self, experiences, and politics. I have been reconnecting with my culture and traveling in the past years and using this as an opportunity for research and cultural exchange in both my personal life as well as with the audience of my work. Typically I like to collage as a meditative low stakes part of my practise or include lots of negative space in my work. I enjoy using language as a medium in my work and have been exploring this with painting and collage over the past years; for works that include text, it is in either English and/or Spanish but, not translated as I feel that is not as important to have everything be explicitly explained.
CV Short/Group Exhibitions:
- 2024 – ECU Grad Show, Michael O’Brien Exhibition Commons, Vancouver, BC
- 2023 – Towards Transformation, Neighborhood Gallery, Vancouver, BC
- 2023 – Alienation, Michael O’Brien Exhibition Commons, Vancouver, BC
- 2022 –VAST Outreach, ECUAD Faculty Gallery, Vancouver, BC
- 2022 –SHITSHOW, Neighbourhood Gallery, Vancouver, BC
- 2021 -Multicultural Art Fair, Mimex Society, Virtual Reality Showcase
- 2020 – ECU Foundation Show, Michael O’Brien Exhibition Commons, Vancouver, BC
