LARA BULLOCK Phd. Curator for the SD Art Prize 2023 …Mely Barragan’s work is about her experience as a Mexican living in the San Diego/ Tijuana cross-border region and its intricacies. Barragan’s objects are weighty. Shallow Water Emerges Til Dawn (2023) is a cascade of bodily, cloth appendages rushing down from ceiling onto the gallery […]
POST HUMAN ACCUMULATION I, 2023 Polyurethane foam, glass, electrical components, acrylic and aerosol paint, collage, thread stitching and textiles.
FAMILY LEGACY 2023 shown at THE CHEECH MARIN CENTER FOR CHICANO ART AND CULTURE , THE RIVERSIDE ART MUSEUM. By appropriating one of my families most treasured documents, my late grandfather’s Bracero ID card, and transferring it’s image onto a white silk flag attached to a brass pole, floating like a ghost; I am symbolizing […]
3 DIMENSIONAL THOUGHTS 2019-2023 collage on paper, 15.5″ X 20″ in. Sometimes you have store an image for 2 years or 3 years, because it still needs time to answer itself. Then you need to put some light on it and signal it’s final destination.
Process images of two weeks residency at IFITRY in Morocco organized by Building Bridges (Marisa Caichiolo).
Eclipse Tóxico 2022 (pieza producida para el espacio y el proyecto) RE ENCUENTRO BINACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO 2022. En Museo Ciencias Ambientales / Museo SOL. Mexicali B.C.
Pinzas Celestiales, 2022 Ensamble técnica mixta.
Meteorito Artificial I 2022, 7 X 8 X2 in. Ensamble técnica mixta. Foam, mantel, pintura y vidrio.
DATA INVERTIDA 2022, pieza relacionada a la conectividad de las cosas biológicas con las informáticas, hoy en día nuestras emociones dependen de las relaciones digitales de una vida simulada en las redes, pero aun así afecta nuestro sistema biológico. El pensamiento detrás nace de la búsqueda de entender los malestares físicos provocados por el algoritmo. […]
FOR ALL OUR SISTERS, 2022 Mixed media, collage on paper and fabrics. 25 X 25 cm.
OVERTHINK 2021, Es hora de sobre pensar sin dejar de tomar acción. A veces cuando sobre pensamos encontramos buenas respuestas, que sin acciones quedan como ilusiones. 22.5 X 15 in. collage on paper, mixed media, painting, inks, sewing with thread, gold leaf, spray paint, color pencils and textiles. With details.
PRETENDING, 2021 Vivir en una realidad falsa que solo te hace sentir que perteneces a algo inexistente. 70 X 100 cm. Collage on paper, mixed media, painting, inks, sewing with thread, gold leaf, spray paint and textiles. With details.
BEHAVE, Soft sculpture , various textiles and stuffing. 2020 Mely Barragan After leaving the Salk Institute, with my mind fully charged by my meeting with Dr. Kay, I began looking at casual interactions with different eyes. My work has always been nourished by human relationships, mostly focusing on specific cultural traits (identity and gender). But, to be […]
LANDSCAPE Textiles, paint, artificial fiber and plastics on wooden stretcher. 28 x 25 x 7 in. 2021
LOVE HANDLES Painted soft sculpture, acrylic on textiles and leather. 120 x 20 x 27 cm. 2021
ACUMULACIONES I Pintura sobre escultura textil de telas variadas, relleno e hilo. 160 x 30 x 25 cm. 2020
ABSTRACT MEMBRANE Plastic, vinyls, threads and textiles on black painted structural stretcher. 55 x 61 x 2 inches 2020.
FLYING STONES 12¨ X 8.5¨ collage, textiles, acrylic & enamel aerosol paint on canvas board 2020