Abstract Membrane
Visual Artist who works with various media transforming prefabricated images into identity constructs.
Mely Barragán is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist born and living in Tijuana, where she studied Graphic Design with a specialty in Visual Arts at the Universidad Iberoamericana. Her aesthetic objectives have focused on exploring the role of identity and of women within the power schemes of society. Her work questions the existing visual formulas and addresses the consequences of human and gender relations; reflects on obsession, the absurd, the beautiful, the grotesque, nostalgia, time, the behavior of human relationships, etc. Play with words and compositions creating a fragmented atmosphere. Barragán has individual and group exhibitions in Mexico, the United States, China and several European countries, being awarded several times and having obtained various scholarships. she has carried out artistic residencies in Cleveland, Beijing, Moscow, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Chiapas, among others. She was co-director of TJINCHINA Project Space, which has carried out an interesting exchange of contemporary art between Tijuana and China. Currently she co-directs Ruta Terrestre, an agro-cult-tourism project that promotes cultural and sustainable development in Vallecitos, B.C., Mexico. Her work is part of public and private collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), the Tijuana Cultural Center (Cecut), Stanford University Libraries special collections, Elias Fontes Collection, among others.
"The behavior is cultural but also biological, when the two coincide, you can live in peace. In communication, we all know that when only one party is willing to dialogue and the other is not, the result can be very negative and even change the life of one of the parties. The reverse is also true, and the result is totally different. By placing the piece in a way that looks like it is throwing a tantrum, I show the ridiculous aspects of miscommunication”.
2.Landscape | 2021 | Textiles, paint, artificial fiber and plastic on black wooden stretcher | 28 x 25 x 7 inches |
3.Acumulaciones I | 2020 | Painting on fabric sculpture, stuffing and thread | 160 x 30 x 25 cm.
4.Behave | 2021 | Soft sculpture, various textiles, stuffing and thread | Medidas variables
5.Love Handles | 2021 | Painting on fabric sculpture, leather, stuffing and thread | 120 x 20 x 27 cm.