Javiera Estrada

Multi-media artist, Javiera Estrada, was born in Acapulco, Mexico and emigrated to the United States in 1989. Javiera’s broad scope of work, which includes photography, mixed media, photograms, film, and textiles, is influenced by her memories of growing up in Acapulco—a tropical paradise of vibrant colors, steeped in spiritual ritual and magical realism.

Estrada’s mystical affinity for bridging the gap between the conscious landscape of reality and the subconscious world of the spiritual can be seen throughout her work. Philosophically, Estrada rejects Cartesian dualism and its compartmentalization of the whole, embracing a worldview of interconnectivity and unity consciousness. Artistically, she seeks to unify the mundane and the sacred.

Javiera examines the theme of interconnected consciousness in a multitude of ways. From incorporating female bodies as sculptural forms in organic communion with nature, to creating galactic primordial environments with inks—fluid and formless, structures representing the “prima materia,” original essence of existence. The juxtaposition of shadow and light play a recurring role in Estrada’s explorations as well, representing the internal struggle between the spiritual and the physical.

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Santa Monica College Photography Program 2005-2008

Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2023 Back to the Future, Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Upcoming)
2020 Dreams of Ink + Flowers, Las Vegas, Nevada
2018 In the Bedroom, Skye Gallery, Aspen
2018 Nocturnal Visions, Show Gallery, Los Angeles
2015 Pillars of Creation, Boite Noire Gallery, Los Angeles
2014 Salt + Sea, Pasadena
2014 Union, Silent Gallery, Los Angeles
2010 Crowns + Veils, M2 Gallery, Los Angeles

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 Broad Strokes, Leica Gallery, Los Angeles
2019 Union, Fathom Gallery, Los Angeles
2018 Spring, Kevin Barry Fine Art, Los Angeles
2018 We Rise, Los Angeles
2018 Constructed, curated by Saatchi Art , Los Angeles
2014 Create Fixate, Los Angeles
2014 Mysterious Flight, 508 Gallery, Los Angeles
2013 I Art You, Create Fixate, Los Angeles
2013 Seeing Buddha, 508 Gallery, Los Angeles
2013 Horses, Ethos Gallery, Los Angeles
2013 MOPLA, Robert Berman Gallery, Los Angeles
2013 A Beautiful Oblivion 508 Gallery, Los Angeles
2012 Snap Flash, Create Fixate, Los Angeles
2011 Face-Off, curated by Smashbox Studios, Los Angeles
2011 Rise, Create Fixate, Los Angeles
2011 Human Curve Whole 9 Gallery, Los Angeles
2011 Juried Exhibition by Craig Krull, Topanga Art Gallery, Los Angeles
2010 Pr...