"Transformation" Painting

Born in Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, in 1980, to a Nepalese mother and a Mexican father, Draupadi Santiago grew up between two cultural universes that shaped her sensitivity and aesthetic vision.
As a contemporary visual artist, her work unfolds as a territory of passage—spaces that are not only observed, but entered. Her pieces function as symbolic portals, thresholds where the inner and outer worlds meet, turning the viewer’s gaze into an active part of the experience.
She works primarily with watercolor and inks, layering transparencies and organic contrasts that generate depth and emotional vibration. Fluidity dialogues with more defined strokes, creating compositions that feel alive, in motion, and in constant transformation.
Each work offers an experience of pause and presence. It is not only about contemplating an image, but about entering it through mindful attention. Through meditation and conscious contemplation, her pieces invite self-inquiry: to observe what emerges, what moves within, what reveals itself in silence.
Her creations explore liminal states—moments in which something is ceasing to be what it was, yet has not fully become what it will be. In this in-between space, the work becomes both mirror and passage, facilitating an intimate encounter with oneself.