Daniela Garcia

Ofrenda de Fronteras

Oil on canvas

This painting is an allegory depicting how children have been subjected to this terrible situation in the border. the child lays willing on the "ofrenda" not knowing that it represents a bridge from the living to the dead. Children living in the camps on the border are experiencing this sense of disillusion, they come with the hope to find a better place and are instead left in this limbo that prevents them from moving forward or going back to their country.

Oil on canvas.
60 x 48 inches

About the artist

Daniela Garcia

Daniela Garcia is a first-generation Mexican American. Born in Northridge California, she spent her childhood traveling between the rural community of Lake Los Angeles and Guanajuato Mexico. From a young age she was raised surrounded by immigrant communities and traditions, her father was a refuge for anyone who needed a place to stay as they immigrated from Mexico to California. Her art practice centers around this experience. As a child, immigration was a necessity for her family's survival. As a young adult, she experienced the hostility towards immigrants and the constant fight to keep them out. This drove her current body of work which addresses the clashing feeling of family and opportunity, and the fear and hostility that has developed towards her community in the recent administration. Garcia is a first-generation college graduate. She received her BFA in Drawing and Painting from California State University Long Beach and also received her teaching credential from here. Garciai has had the opportunity to exhibit her work throughout Southern California. She currently lives and works in Ventura County.