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Mayana Nell Torres
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Trestle Art Space / 62 18th Street
studio # 12 : second floor - trestle art space.

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Trestle Art Space / 62 18th Street
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studio # 12 : second floor - trestle art space.
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11232
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Artist Statement
Mayana, a Brooklyn native with African-American and Latina roots, is a versatile visual artist, climate organizer, and budding storyteller. Her work explores culture and identity. With a medium of oil paint and printmaking, her art holds the stories of her family and community. Mayana's work highlights a moment of vulnerability in her subjects, a shared human experience. She's also dedicated to promoting awareness of environmental and racial injustices by collaborating with national and local climate groups. She recently graduated with a double major in History and Peace & Justice Studies and a minor in Environmental Art and Social Practices, having worked on various projects related to art, outreach, media, education, and organizing during and after college.
Portfolio Images
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“The Sisters” | 2022 | oil This is a precious photo of my grandmother and her sisters taken by my mother. The matriarchal foundation of the family I hold so close.
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“Rooted in love” | 2023 | oil I wanted to make a piece that was an ode to my grandparents' marriage. Rooting them not only in love for each other but for Brooklyn. Raising a family in Flatbush with Prospect Park as our backyard.
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“colibrí son seres mágicos” 2022 | linocut
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“morning newspaper delivery” | 2022 | oil on canvas My whole childhood the @nytimes arrived on the front steps of my house. My grandfather on Saturday mornings would give me the page of comics and my grandmother the arts section. My grandfather of course taking politics and the rest. A Saturday Brooklyn morning routine. So when ever I’m walking through Brooklyn in the morning and I see the blue bag on the front steps of a brownstone, I am met with a warm feelings.
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“Here comes a thought” | 2022 | oil, printmaking, collage on canvas. : I made this piece for a class my last senior semester. The text come from the song “here comes a thought” from Steven universe and it connects to the ways in which we learn to self soothe. For me and many, it’s listening to music. It’s the ways in which we enter a new world for those 3 to 4 mins. The ways in which the song holds us like a hug.
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a color and anatomy study | 2022 | oil canvas
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    Painting
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