Libby Paloma is an interdisciplinary visual artist working in a wide range of mediums including assemblage, installation, photography, video and performance. Paloma's work is inspired by mythology and allegory while exploring and celebrating Chicana, Mexican and Queer culture. Paloma's most recent works are assemblages featuring a portrait that is surrounded by intricate beadwork, religious relics, and miniature items that depict personal identity politics, gender and sexuality, and issues of cultural heritage.
Por Vida
Triptych in collaboration with Ace Lehenr (lightjet prints, cotton, denim) installation shot, 2017
Por Vida detail shot
Por Vida detail shot
Por Vida detail shot
Guadalupe to Chingona: A Narrative of Migration y Corozón
Installation shot, in collaboration with Ace Lehner (maps, map tacks, text), 2017
Guadalupe to Chingona: A Narrative of Migration y Corozón detail shot
Guadalupe to Chingona: A Narrative of Migration y Corozón detail shot
Margarita AKA Cookie
Multimedia assemblage (photograph, beads, miniatures), 2017
Nacho AKA Paloma
Multimedia assemblage (photograph, beads, miniatures), 2017
Chingona AKA Libby
Multimedia assemblage (photograph, beads, miniatures), 2017
Nunca Más
Multimedia assemblage (coyote skin, dried flowers, rosary beads, crystals, sequins, miniatures), 2017
Altar
Installation shot in collaboration with Ace Lehner (pom poms, crystals, lace doilies, lights, fabric, flowers), 2017
On Fuego
Digital photograph, 2017
Ven Conmigo
Still from lip sync performance to "Islands in the Stream" in collaboration with Lynda James, 2017
A Boy Named Nacho, 2017
A Boy named Nacho
Still from drag lip sync performance to "A Boy Named Sue" at Hogtied Hudson Valley, 2017