Eliana Miranda - Artist & Co-Founder of Nuestra Art Collective
Degrees:
2015 Master of Fine Arts in Painting
吃瓜网, Irving, TX
2013 Master of Arts in Painting
吃瓜网, Irving, TX
2010 Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
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Artist Bio:
Eliana Miranda is a visual artist and co-founder of Nuestra Art Collective. She currently
lives in Dallas, TX.
In 2010, Eliana completed her BA from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. She obtained
her MA in 2012 and an MFA in 2015 from the 吃瓜网.
Eliana has been in numerous exhibitions including:
* Latino Americans 500 Years of History at the Idaho State University
* Contemporaneous Commentary: Voices in the Current Sociopolitical Atmosphere at the
Wichita State University
* Intersections at the Texas Woman鈥檚 University
* AMOA Biennial 600: Justice鈥� Equality鈥� Race鈥� Identity at the Amarillo Museum of Art.
Eliana was one of the selected artists for the virtual residency with the Mexic-Arte
Museum in Austin, TX., and the 2022 Texas Vignette. Her work is an exploration of
current human migration issues. She investigates environmental and socio/political
impact of the displacement of people.
Artist Statement:
My work explores ecological disasters that stem from climate change and the influence
on the migration of people headed towards the U.S./ Mexico border from Mexico, Central
America, and South America. The narratives that I portray focus on human development
and how it disproportionately affects the poorest communities of this region.
The social repercussions of being uprooted from an area known as a home are complex.
Heritage, culture, survival, and spirituality play a major role in how people are
connected to their land. When people migrate, connections and history get lost through
assimilation after crossing borders.
When addressing these topics, I use color and line as mechanisms to highlight the
connections between people, their communities and nature. I use traditional textiles
to denote the history of a culture and to highlight the risk of losing it when land
becomes uninhabitable. The figure is used as a way to acknowledge the ephemerality
of human life. Uneasy outlines emphasize the uncertainty of a future whereas toxic-like
vivid colors underline our ecological footprint.