Angelina Fernandez is a Mexican American artist residing in México City. She graduated with a BFA from SUNY Purchase in May of 2013 and is currently studying at Centro de diseño, cine y television in Mexico City.

Brief Artist Statement

My work attempts to synthesize my experiences as a woman, often relying on very personal narratives to create collages and illustrations. I am constantly trying to understand my place in the world, and navigate a confusing and often fractured identity. My works contain my heartbreak, my happiness, my anger… they help me put my uneasy subconscious to rest.

The internet has changed the way we make and consume art. I work the way the online creative community does. Re-use, recycle, cannibalize, edit, play. I use google-image search and stock photos, making subconscious choices on color form and content. My work mirrors my internal life, much in the way the user created content of the internet mirrors the internal life of our society.

I grew up in Mexico, and moved to the USA at 15. Being bicultural gave me the opportunity to view both cultures as an outsider, never fully able to participate in either. The internet became my fantasy world, where I was free to be myself. In a similar way, my work hopes to reveal something truthful about who I am and what surrounds me.