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em aguilar is an interdisciplinary chicano artist based in Southeast Los Angeles. They create intimate works that display the trauma and struggles associated with identity through existentialism and escapism. From installations to painted pieces, they create otherworldly spaces using familiar and nostalgic visual language. Their works express contemplation through vibrant and dizzying imagery. Drawing inspiration from childhood memories, aguilar uses a variety of materials to create unsettling environments. Oil and acrylic paint, yarn, fabric, found objects, sound, ceramics, and film are used to create these narrative scenarios.
it was only a dream. 2023. Mirror, wood, yarn, wire, 30 x 12 x 3 inches. Also pictured: great gig in the sky. 2023. Yarn, film and digital media, 46 x 36 x 15 inches.
aguilar has been featured as the cover of the CSU Dominguez Hills Spring 2021 Magazine and various zines for the University’s Queer Culture and Resource Center. Their installation works have been exhibited at the Winston Hewitt Studio and Office Hours Art Space in Carson, CA. aguilar will have received their B.A. in Studio Art from California State University Dominguez Hills in 2023.
