Angélica Omaña

I am a visual artist and cultural manager born in Tijuana, Baja California. My artistic practice explores the intersections between health, community and ecology, with the goal of generating a critical dialogue about how we inhabit and understand the spaces that shape our daily lives. My connection to medicine and hospital environments comes both from my childhood, growing up among IMSS clinics where my parents worked, and from my work experience of more than a decade in the same institution. These experiences become the basis for my artistic production, where I incorporate observations, memories and debris from my work environment.

I work with techniques such as collage, expanded painting and the intervention of found objects to explore the invisible narratives of hospital and everyday contexts; in my creative process, play, experimentation and repetition are fundamental; I find in these methodologies an echo of the cycles of care and healing. Projects such as PICTOPHARMA reflect this approach, where I transform medicine boxes and graphic elements into tools to question fragility, hope and errors in medical systems.

As a curator and cultural manager, my focus is on creating spaces that not only exhibit art, but also foster authentic connections between artists, audiences and the community. My goal is to generate links and collectivities in which art is a pretext to share, feel and talk without pretense, a space where people can “have fun” and have a good time while reflecting on issues relevant to us all. I am interested in getting to know the artists through their works, and from there, create connections that not only talk about their pieces, but also about diversity, corporeality, women’s experiences, the border and emerging artists. Cultural management, for me, is much more than organizing events: it is about generating an environment of exchange and growth, where art becomes a vehicle to question, explore and celebrate ourselves. I work from the kokoro, guided by a genuine passion for art and a desire to contribute to my community, while learning and having fun in the process.

As a mother, artist and cultural manager, my work is an invitation to observe the everyday from a playful, critical and sensitive perspective. My practice not only seeks to challenge established narratives, but also proposes new ways of inhabiting, healing and questioning, looking for art to be a mirror of our realities and a space for collective reflection.