About the Artist
Liliana Navarro shot by Gabriel Saravia
“Lili’s work is about representation.
Her paintings depict brown and black femmes in celebratory ways; bathed in gold rays like the Virgin of Guadalupe, or surrounded by roses. Her subjects are beautiful, powerful and present. A hint of the lowrider culture she grew up in runs through her work.
She loves the Italian painter Caravaggio, who was known for pulling people off the streets to model for his romantic works. Lili [La Artista] also uses people she knows, she has painted friends and loved ones.