Taira Liceaga
Taira Liceaga
Mixed media artwork
Mixed media artwork
About my visual arts practice
About my visual arts practice
I'm a Puerto Rican artist living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I studied fine arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and the University of Delaware.I use a wide range of media, including drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, fibre sculpture and installation.
I'm a Puerto Rican artist living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I studied fine arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and the University of Delaware.I use a wide range of media, including drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, fibre sculpture and installation.
Through my work, I explore themes of memory, identity, and the continuity – physical and spiritual – that exists through generations of women. I reflect on how legacies of work, strength, creativity, dignity and resistance live on, against all odds, through language, stories, food, crafts, music and dance. I recognize the traces of my mixed ancestry in my body, my skin, my mother’s customs, my grandmother’s sayings…
Through my work, I explore themes of memory, identity, and the continuity – physical and spiritual – that exists through generations of women. I reflect on how legacies of work, strength, creativity, dignity and resistance live on, against all odds, through language, stories, food, crafts, music and dance. I recognize the traces of my mixed ancestry in my body, my skin, my mother’s customs, my grandmother’s sayings…
By using my body as a source for my images or casting its shape, I reflect upon my connection to Nature and its cycles of decay and regeneration.
By using my body as a source for my images or casting its shape, I reflect upon my connection to Nature and its cycles of decay and regeneration.
I'm also interested in the close association of cloth and the female body. Traditionally, women's creativity found a means of expression through clothes and crafts, so I choose to incorporate fabric and fibres in my explorations of a feminine artistic language. I believe that the dual fragility and strength of textiles adequately mirrors women's physical vulnerability and our amazing inner strength.
I'm also interested in the close association of cloth and the female body. Traditionally, women's creativity found a means of expression through clothes and crafts, so I choose to incorporate fabric and fibres in my explorations of a feminine artistic language. I believe that the dual fragility and strength of textiles adequately mirrors women's physical vulnerability and our amazing inner strength.
