Karla Diaz is a multidisciplinary artist, educator who engages in painting, social practice, and performance. Using narrative to question identity and explore memory. Her socially engaged practice generates exciting collaborations and provokes important dialogue among diverse communities. In her painting introspection, splashes of color became figures and objects that transformed into scenes of domesticity and city life drawn from her upbringing in Mexico and Los Angeles. Personal memories, folklore, familiar iconography of her Mexican heritage, and American pop culture are intertwined in surreal compositions that consider family, loss, and the complexities of the Latinx experience in the United States.

Karla Diaz lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. She is represented by Luis De Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles. Follow Karla on Instagram @karla76 and luisdejesus.com gallery for more. Special mention: 18th St Arts Center & Irene Georgia Tsatsos (curator).