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Eilen Itzel Mena
United States
Artist highlights
- International Exposure
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Paper
- Other details : Unmounted artwork. Mounting and/or framing available on request.
- Dimensions : 18.5x15in
About this artwork
Color for me is rooted in memory. Vibrant hues remind me of the Caribbean. They remind me of growing up in the Dominican Republic as a child and seeing colorful painted homes in our hometown of Bani. I am drawn to an overly saturated palette. It feels personal AND political to me.
I find beauty in raw expression. When someone shows me their rawest state of joy, anger, sadness and confusion I feel like that energy asks and demands to be seen in its… entirety in order for it to be transformed. It is at its zenith.
I equate the overly saturated to the RAW. Because that color is undeniably itself. That yellow or red or green cannot be questioned. You see it for what it is. It knows itself and knows that you know it too.
I find beauty in raw expression. When someone shows me their rawest state of joy, anger, sadness and confusion I feel like that energy asks and demands to be seen in its… entirety in order for it to be transformed. It is at its zenith.
I equate the overly saturated to the RAW. Because that color is undeniably itself. That yellow or red or green cannot be questioned. You see it for what it is. It knows itself and knows that you know it too.
Eilen Itzel Mena
United States
Credentials
- International Exposure
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
My name is Eilen Itzel Mena and I am an Afro-Dominican American artist and writer from the South Bronx currently based in London, UK. In 2017 I was awarded a BA in Fine Art from the USC Roski School of Art and Design. In June 2024 I received my MFA in Painting from the UCL Slade School of Fine Art. I have shown my work internationally and have also received various artist grants and awards for my practice. My visual arts practice is deeply rooted in documenting a femme afro-diasporic intersectional experience. I focus on depicting growth and transformation through an understanding of community, ancestry, purpose and the connection between the child self and the adult self. I am interested in investigating the way that folks in the African Diaspora are in pursuit of joy as well as their personal and communal purpose through using a variety of materials. I use painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, installation and performance as tools for the pursuit of joy.
