San Diego Art Prize 2023

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 […]

San Diego Union Tribune / San Diego Art Prize San Diego 2023

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/visual-arts/story/2023-07-26/san-diego-visual-arts-network-honors-four-sculptors-with-art-prize?fbclid=IwAR2qkajuE3JSEs-_SbBAiYQuR5t70v9kbnkwQqWDShm2X8jx65qysLPXm9Q_aem_AZXBOOSKKWngQO_xtrrXxS3SaKi-Q6bCkGwPNA07J0_HRkrCiosHOhOKZmOCwHZWtGU&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

FAMILY LEGACY, 2023

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

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.

Eclipse Tóxico 2022

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.

DATA INVERTIDA

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. […]

Overthink

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

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

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 […]

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