Somatic awareness, ecological intimacy, and spiritual receptivity guide Ileana García Magoda’s approach to painting. Her recent work translates the sensations of light absorbed through the skin during preparatory sunbaths she takes as a “warm up” prior to working in the studio, part of a practice of healing and treating chronic spinal pain. The heat of the sun, the exertion of sweat, and the rhythm of breath translate into gesture and tempo, forming radiant fields of blooming color. Influenced by seasonal cycles and Impressionist studies of light, these new paintings speak to biological process, vision, touch, absorption, and energy.
Ileana García Magoda (b. 1985, Mexico City) studied Graphic Design at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City. Magoda has exhibited her work internationally at galleries including Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles / New York; Emma Donnersberg Gallery, Paris, FR; Bernheim Gallery, Zurich, CH; Whitewall Projects, Paris, FR; EDJI Gallery, Brussels, BE; and The Black Piglet, Mexico City, MX, among others. Magoda lives and works in Acatitlán, Mexico.