GALLERY | $5-10 SUGGESTED DONATION | ALL AGES | Fantasma brings together the work of Susan Aparicio and Monica Juarez, who both turn to childhood and nostalgia as sites of play and unease. Aparicio reimagines family photographs as connect-the-dots chain drawings, where figures and icons are both present and missing altogether. Juarez’s ceramic tiles draw from pop culture and fairytales, exposing the soft promises of nostalgia and the haunting reach of capitalism. Together, their works treat memory as a ghostly companion.
Susan Aparicio is a southeast LA native and a visual artist playing in the mediums of stained glass and installation. Her work melds the vibrancy of Latinidad and pop culture with the heartache and sense of humor that raised her in the age of the internet and instant consumerism. Exploring the allure of past technologies with contemporary reflections, she highlights the complex relationship between memory, existence, and the ever-evolving digital landscape in our natural world. She earned her MFA in Art from UCLA in 2022. She is currently based in Pasadena, CA.
Monica Juarez is an artist from the San Fernando Valley based in Reseda, CA. She works in soft sculpture, ceramics, performance, and video to reflect upon grief, nostalgia, and futurism. Her work is an active archive of how places, memory, and objects change. Inflatable castles and ceramics become stages for fairytales, mythology, and portals to celestial sites healing and transmuting the wounds of history. She is interested in using sci-fi, horror, and art history as a lens to explore topics like climate change and the absurdity of capitalism. She received her BA in Art at UCLA in 2021.
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