Lucy Giboyeaux
New Cumberland, PA
Lucy is a Mixed‑media artist exploring resilience, faith, and the layered stories held within our lived experience.
Message
Lucy Giboyeaux is a Puerto Rican mixed‑media artist whose work spans deeply symbolic sculptures and paintings as well as vibrant cultural pieces inspired by the island that shaped her. Born in Puerto Rico, raised in New York City, and now creating from Pennsylvania, she draws from a life lived in the diaspora—between places, languages, and traditions.
Through paintings and sculptures, Lucy weaves together poignant narratives of survival, faith, and cultural identity, reflecting on the significance of her Puerto Rican heritage and her relationship with God in the diaspora. Her symbolic works explore resilience, healing, and the quiet, internal parts of growth that people don’t always notice. Using materials such as eggshell membrane, resin, hand‑formed clay elements, textured surfaces, and layered color, she creates pieces that echo both fragility and endurance.
Alongside these works, Lucy’s joyful cultural pieces celebrate the flavors, colors, and rhythms of Puerto Rican life—food, botanicals, textiles, and everyday beauty that carry memory and belonging. Together, these two threads form a practice rooted in gratitude, storytelling, and spiritual grounding.
Guided by her faith and the truth of Philippians 4:13—I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me—Lucy approaches each piece as part of an ongoing journey of becoming. Her work has been featured in exhibitions, benefit auctions, and community spaces, resonating with viewers drawn to its honesty, texture, and emotional depth. Across her portfolio, Lucy’s work invites others to slow down, look closely, and recognize the beauty in the layers—seen and unseen—that God is shaping within us as we grow.
Statement
"My work is rooted in the truth that God is continually shaping us through every layer of our lives. As a Puerto Rican mixed‑media artist living in the diaspora, I create from the tension and beauty of being formed across places, cultures, and seasons of faith. Through paintings and sculptures, I weave together narratives of survival, resilience, and cultural identity, reflecting on the significance of my heritage and the steady presence of God throughout my journey.
I’m drawn to materials that carry meaning—eggshell membrane for its delicate strength, hand‑formed clay elements for their grounding presence, resin for its clarity and protective depth, and textured surfaces that hold memory and history. These materials mirror the quiet, internal work God does within us, often long before transformation becomes visible. They remind me that my creative practice is part of the ongoing work God is doing in us, shaping our lives through grace, endurance, and renewal.
Resilience is a thread that runs through my work. It appears in the cracked surfaces that refuse to break apart, in the layered colors that rise like breath, and in the resin that seals and preserves what has endured. My symbolic pieces explore healing and the unseen places where God restores us, while my joyful cultural works celebrate the flavors, colors, and rhythms of Puerto Rican life—food, botanicals, textiles, and everyday beauty that carry memory and belonging. These works honor the truth that resilience is found not only in struggle but also in celebration, humor, and community.
Guided by my faith and the promise of Philippians 4:13—I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me—I approach each piece with gratitude for the ways God continues to shape my life. My hope is that my work invites others to slow down, look closely, and recognize the beauty in the layers—seen and unseen—formed through the ongoing work God is doing in us."
Español:
"Mi trabajo parte de la verdad de que Dios nos sigue formando en cada etapa de la vida. Como artista puertorriqueña de mixed media en la diáspora, creo desde mis experiencias entre culturas, lugares y temporadas de fe. A través de pinturas y esculturas, exploro temas de supervivencia, resiliencia e identidad cultural, siempre reconociendo la presencia constante de Dios en mi camino.
Utilizo materiales con intención: membrana de cáscara de huevo por su fuerza delicada, arcilla moldeada a mano por su conexión a tierra, resina por su claridad y protección, y texturas que guardan memoria. Estos elementos reflejan la obra interna que Dios hace en nosotros antes de que el cambio se vea por fuera.
La resiliencia guía mi práctica. Aparece en las superficies agrietadas, en los colores por capas y en la resina que preserva lo que ha resistido. Mis obras simbólicas hablan de sanidad y restauración, mientras que mis piezas culturales celebran los sabores, colores y ritmos de la vida puertorriqueña.
Guiada por mi fe y Filipenses 4:13, trabajo con gratitud por cómo Dios sigue moldeando mi vida. Aspiro a que mi arte invite a otros a observar con intención y reconocer la obra continua de Dios en sus propias vidas."