Feb. 1 @ 8:00 am – Feb. 28 @ 5:00 pm
About the Artist
Edward Gia is an artist from New York, NY who is currently based in Austin, TX. His work maps the emotional terrain shaped by his Ecuadorian-Mexican American identity. Spanning family archives, self-portraits, marked texts, and slow gestures of care his practice stitches together diasporic memory and personal myth that traverses the liminal spaces between fiction and autobiography touching on migration, inheritance, and the ache of intergenerational silence. His work anchors themes of longing and resilience within the folds of the everyday through poetic image-making, installation, and archival layering forming layered constellations. Their work has been featured at Photoville, Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, The Lucie Foundation, among others. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in Photography & Video from the School of Visual Arts (2020) and is currently pursuing his Master of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art at The University of Texas at Austin (anticipated completion in 2026).
Artist Statement
My work blends both photography and installation to stitch together diasporic memory and personal myth. Through self-portraiture, I explore my longing to reconnect to my roots and my proximity to Mexico, and by extension, Ecuador. The camera and the shutter release cord become an extension of my body. It is both a measure of distance and a thread of intimacy that connects me land and the bond that binds me to the matriarchal lineage that I carry. These gestures unfold through poetic-image making and material experimentation, building visual narratives that give form to everyday life and inherited memory.
Changarrito Cart – Feb 7 & 8 and Feb 28 & March 1
Artists have the opportunity to sell their art on the Changarrito cart in front of the Museum (or an offsite location, as representative for the Museum during various Austin festivals). Changarreando expands the reach of the artist by presenting their gallery online, while allowing the option to sell merch over Instagram and receive 100% of the sale.
Edward will be at the Mexic-Arte Museum featuring her artwork on the Changarrito cart right outside the Museum’s entrance on Feb 7 & 8 and Feb 28 & March 1 from 12 – 3 PM.
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