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Concept

Estefhania Pineda lives and works in Houston Texas, she has exhibited works in both the Houston and Austin area. She remembers having a strong spatial awareness and passion for creating since her early childhood years, constantly creating images for her school binders. Her formal art education started at George Washington Carver Visual Arts High School where she gained a strong foundation in the arts, she then has gone on to obtain a BFA in studio painting from the University of Houston. Her recent works dive into human nature and experiences. Some works are an examination of anxiety and their sources, juxtaposed with the coping mechanisms that try and aid in escapism. These two elements battle for the foreground and at times one can dominate the entire composition. She tends to work with acrylic and oil paints and uses saturated color in her work. The imagery in Estefhania’s work is usually intertwined with surreal qualities and compositionally takes inspiration from pop artist James Rosenquist.