Artist Statement

Alejandra Oseguera

Artist Statement

I paint images that convey my past and present experiences as a woman, as a mother and as a human being.  I love painting imagery that comes from my Mexican cultural heritage; using vivid colors and forms that others can identify with. I often paint mothers and women because they are the guiding centers of the family.  Through the bond between the mother and child, teaching them about respecting all of humanity, mothers have the potential to better the world.

Visual art has the power to transform both the viewer and the artist.  Painting can be a form of therapy that helps heal emotional pain. In the process of depicting my emotional wounds, I heal; these wounds on canvas become openings that allow me to connect with others through their own wounds.  It takes courage to allow oneself to be vulnerable, but this exposure can also be a source of liberation.  I want my work to impact people in unexpected ways. In my work I seek to create new ways of seeing and understanding reality, so that people can break with oppressive ways of seeing and being in the world.

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I was born and raised in Salinas California. After high school I moved to the Bay Area to go to college. I graduated with a BA from CSU Monterey Bay, a teaching credential in Art from the National Hispanic University and a Masters degree in Counseling from San Jose State University. I currently work as a full time tenure track counselor for Berkeley City College. I live with my husband and 2 beautiful children in Richmond California.