Changarrito Residency: Fabiana Muñoz

About the Artist

Fabiana Muñoz is a Mexican-American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and transmedia artist. Having immigrated to the United States at 11 from Guatemala, Fabiana celebrates Latinx and Chicano culture in her work. With a focus on vibrant color and fiber techniques, Munoz sparks conversations about paradox, duality, and ambiguity within one’s identity, encouraging exploration of the complexities and intricacies of multicultural identity.

In 2024 she received a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the Museum of Human Achievement, Austin (2023); “Sharp and Friends” Austin (2023); “The Armageddon Show” Austin (2022); “Bakesale” Austin, (2022); “Good Dad Studios Open House,” Austin (2023); “Where We Meet in the Middle,” Visual Arts Center, Austin (2023); “A Book Never Ends it Just Stops Moving,” Austin (2023). She was a co-curator and artist for the CenterSpace Project “SOMOS (Recuerdos)” at the Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin. Munoz currently lives and works in Austin, TX.

Artist Statement

“Across printmaking, painting, sculpture and performance, my practice ignites dialogues about the intricacies of identity, delving into the paradoxes, dualities, and ambiguities that shape the understanding of ourselves.

Having immigrated to the United States from Guatemala at the age of 11, I often found myself feeling caught between two worlds, always frozen between belonging and displacement. Despite the growing presence of Latinx communities in the United States, they remain largely underrepresented and excluded in mainstream American art institutions and academic discourse. In an attempt to combat alienation, I explore, research and make visible the intricacies of Ni de Aqui, Ni de Alla (Nor here, nor there) identities through the vibrant medium of crochet installations.

Drawing from childhood memories, religious imagery, familial narratives and colonial histories, I meditate on experiences of migration and the elusive concept of home, then translating these reflections into fiber art and transmedia expressions. Through yarnbombing, I marry the vulgarity of vandalism with the tenderness of fibers, creating my own visual language, offering interventions of hope and health in public spaces.”