biography

marian (they/she) is a mexican + indigenous San Diego-based interdisciplinary artist and musician from Tijuana, Mexico. They have received training in multiple artistic disciplines, including creative writing, composition, piano performance, painting, and multimedia arts. She double majored in philosophy and music (emphasis on piano performance) during her undergraduate studies and has pursued interdisciplinary artistic practices during their graduate studies.

Their research focuses on philosophical existentialism, aesthetics, vulnerability, and the human experience. As an artist, their work is best understood as a philosophically informed art practice that explores the intersection of vulnerability, creative expression, and the quotidian. Her art often explores themes of mental illness, isolation, family, queerness and intersectional feminism. Her artistic practice seeks to blur the lines between artistic disciplines, expand the understanding of the aesthetic experience, and advocate for vulnerability in art. Their most recent work are multimedia pieces that include original music and text and have been featured internationally in the United States, México, and England.