Las Fotos Project presents: MiaBella CHavez OPENING RECEPTION
Join us for the MiaBella Chavez Opening Reception at Truly LA!
Minors are allowed before 8pm during business hours. Minors will received an “X” on their hands and are strictly prohibited from consuming alcoholic beverages on the premises.
About the exhibition:
Inspired by the works of Soo Kim, Johanna Goodman, and Raoul Hausman, Mia Bella seeks to find a balance between intention and experimentation. Her work points to cultural references, societal standards, and visual stereotypes by mixing elements of realism and abstraction. From somber tones to fields of color, eclectic facial expressions, manipulation of scale, and use of symbolism, her stories as a Queer, Latina living in Los Angeles come to life.
Identity on Paper focuses on her manipulation and repurposing of the medium to transmit emotions to the viewer. Similar to Norman Rockwell’s Triple Self-Portrait, MiaBella attempts to channel how she experiences the world, lives in it, and simultaneously captures/collects the burden of information to make sense of it all. MiaBella’s visual arrangements are concurrently full of wonder, soul, and social commentary. Various elements and twists are intentionally at play throughout her personal, multilayered creations. The result is a collection of woven stories that invites viewers to interpret the world around us through their unique imaginations.
About MiaBella Chavez:
MiaBella Chavez is an interdisciplinary artist trained in photography. At the age of 15 she became one of the youngest artists to display work in the Getty Museum. In 2019 Mia Bella completed visual art courses at California Summer School for the Arts and in Cuba through a study abroad program. She displayed her first solo fine art show, All At Once, with Las Fotos Project in the fall of 2020. At the age of 19 she became the first woman of color on the NIKE photo equipment team. Mia Bella continues to make multimedia work focused on social activism, in Los Angeles and New York City.
Event Details
Thursday, January 26, 2023
6 - 8 pm
Truly LA
216 S Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
COVID-19 POLICY
Masks are required.