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Beatriz Mejia-Krumbein
| 1996 | MFA | James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia | | 1971 | Licenciatura | National University of Colombia in Bogotá, Colombia |
Through my art I express my genuine concern for human rights, and the need of solidarity. In my art I question actions, express skepticism toward mandated behavior, and pour the complexity of my emotions. I do not limit myself by tools or media, but instead use what is available, proper, and oftentimes dictated by the content of the message itself.
My work addresses social concerns, and deals with multicultural and cross-cultural issues. These concerns include violence against women and children, and the cultural displacement and fragmentation experienced by persons torn from their community or country. I use figurative expressionism as a vehicle for personal and community reconciliation.
Beatriz Mejia-Krumbein was born and raised in Colombia, South America, and later lived in Germany and Mexico before immigrating to the United States in 1988. She studied fine arts and music in her native Colombia, and received a M.F.A. from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Mejia-Krumbein has taught and exhibited extensively since the mid-1970s. Currently she is the Chair of the Art Department and director of the Brandstater Gallery at La Sierra University in Riverside, California.
Mejia-Krumbein uses figurative expressionism as a vehicle for personal and community reconciliation. Her work is charged with emotion and with an underlying hope for peace. Beatriz' work has been described as brimming with passion and angst.
Her work addresses a range of social concerns, and using diverse media speaks about multicultural and cross-cultural issues. These concerns include violence against women and children, and the cultural displacement and fragmentation experienced by persons torn from their community or country. Her mixed media installations, paintings, and assemblages incorporate layering processes, representing the multiplicity of her own life as artist, teacher, mother, and wife.
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