Born in Guanajuato mexico, Yenifer is an interdisciplinary artist in San Antonio currently perusing a Bachelors of Fine Art at the Southwest School of Art
Gaviña, was recruited by Alex Rubio, Artist-In-Residence, for the Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum’s MOSAIC Program in 2013. Through her art, Ms. Gaviña intends to make a statement on the role of women in society, the human condition, and narrate deep personal circumstances.
Yenifer Gaviña has exhibited works at ®space, High Wire Art Gallery, Centro Cultural Atzlan, 3rd space, Blue Star Contemporary’s Gallery 4, and at The Southwest School of Art. Gaviña has assisted Rubio in the production of public art including, “Vortex”, abstract mural located on the Nolan St. Underpass “Yanaguana” Hemisfair Park mural project, and “Movement” ceramic tile mural project at San Antonio College.
About the Work:
"My work is inspired mainly by flawed relationships, motherhood, and generational grief
Recently I've focused on how loss has affected the motherly relationships. In my figurative paintings I breakdown the identity of an individual to specific aspects of the body that reflect an emotion attached to the relationship. I often use flowers, insects and Memento Mori: an object serving as a warning or reminder of death, such as a skull in my work as part of the symbolism in my art.
My practice has transitioned into incorporating mixed media, particularly paper and ceramics because of their tactility and the sense of intimacy it implies when interacting with a domestic object. By incorporating symbolic imagery in my sculptural books I'm exploiting the narrative aspect inherent in book arts. And the materiality of paper and clay help ground my work in nature, accentuating the cycles inherent to motherhood and loss."
Education
2020
2013
Bachelor of Fine Art Candidate, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas
Baccalaureate Program, Luther Burbank High School, San Antonio, Texas
Exhibitions
Solo
2015
Yenifer Gavina at ® Space Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Group
2019
2018
2016
2014
Print and Pots Exchange, Southwest School of Art Student Exhibition, Navarro Campus Hallway, San Antonio, TX
Contemporary Art Showcase, Brick San Antonio, Tx
Common Currents, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, Tx
Student Exhibition at Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Tx
SATX/MX: Un Viaje Lleno de Cultura,The Department of Arts & Culture, San Antonio, Tx
25th Annual Blue Sat Red Dot, Collected Artist Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Earthworks Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum MOSAIC Galley, San Antonio, TX
EPISODE Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum MOSAIC Galley, San Antonio, TX
PRINT.PNG Plaza Club Frost Bank Tower, San Antonio, TX
San Anto Cultural Arts 18th Annual Huevos Rancheros Gala and Silent Art Auction, The Plaza Guadalupe. San Antonio, TX
24th Annual Blue Sat Red Dot, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, Collected Artist, San Antonio, TX
Inicio, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum MOSAIC Galley, San Antonio, TX
Icon, Semmes Branch Library, San Antonio, TX
Southwest School of Art Student Exhibition, SSA Navarro Campus Hallway, San Antonio, TX
Inception, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum MOSAIC Galley, San Antonio, TX
Chronicle, ® Space Gallery, San Antonio, TX
23th Annual Blue Sat Red Dot, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, MOSAIC Alumni Artist, San Antonio, TX
Novus, Semmes Branch Library, San Antonio, TX
Publications
Another 50 Years of SA History through Art at Blue Star, Robbie Rodgers, Global Magazine
February 3, 2018 http://colabmagazine.com/2018/02/another-50-years-sa-history-art-blue-star/
Creative of the Month, Jvier Flores, City of San Antonio Department of Arts and Culture, October 2, 2016
https://www.getcreativesanantonio.com/News-Media/Creative-of-the-Month/Article/625/SATXMX-Artists
Photo Gallery: CAM Second Saturday Rivard Report, Page Graham, The Rivard Report, March 16, 2015 https://therivardreport.com/photo-gallery-cam-second-saturday/
The Future of art in Texas, Arts and Culture Magazine, Haydee De La Rocha, September 21, 2015 http://artsandculturetx.com/the-future-of-art-in-texas/Blue Star
Student Talks About Working In Mosaic Program, Jack Morgan, Texas Public Radio, July 22, 2014
http://www.tpr.org/post/blue-star-student-talks-about-working-mosaic-program