Mireya Betances se identifica como una artista interdisciplinaria a quien le gusta todo: dibujo, pintura, escultura y grabado. A Mireya le gusta la sensación de la arcilla y trabajar con sus manos, diciendo que la cerámica es divertida y genial para trabajar.
Mireya también es músico, cantante e intérprete. Mireya siempre escucha música mientras crea arte visual y menciona a Luis Fonsi y Michael Jackson como dos de sus principales influencias. En un futuro, Mireya considera explorar las conexiones entre la música, las artes visuales y la danza en su trabajo escénico. En cuanto a su auto presentación, la elección de moda y de tatuajes son de suma importancia para Mireya.
En su práctica de dibujo, Mireya está interesada en hacer retratos, inspirándose en personas que conoce y con las que trabaja. En su arte visual, Mireya a menudo es inspirada por temas de la naturaleza, especialmente mariposas, pájaros y flores.
A Mireya siempre le ha gustado el arte, pero floreció artísticamente en NIAD Art Center, compartiendo: “Me gusta jugar dentro del estudio y afuera en su jardín de NIAD. Me gusta bailar en el jardín y almorzar con mis amigos”.
Mireya Betances identifies as an interdisciplinary artist who likes everything: drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking. Mireya likes the feel of clay and working with her hands, saying ceramics is fun and cool to work with.
Mireya is also a musician, singer and performer. Mireya is always listening to music when she creates visual art and cites Luis Fonsi and Michael Jackson as two of her main influences. In the future Mireya wants to explore the connections between music, visual art and dance in her performance work. Mireya is interested in self presentation through fashion choices and tattoos.
In her drawing practice Mireya is interested in portrait-making, drawing inspiration from people she knows and works with. In her visual art Mireya is often drawn to nature subjects, especially butterflies, birds and flowers.
Mireya has always liked art but blossomed artistically at NIAD Art Center, sharing “I like to play inside the NIAD studio and outside in the NIAD garden. I like to dance in the garden and eat lunch with my friends.”
// Mireya’s available work //
recent exhibition history
Untangling Webs: A Journey In Abstract Textiles, organized by Alexander Hernandez // NIAD Online Exhibition // July 2023
Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored, Creative Growth & NIAD // Oakland Museum of California // May 2023
The Shape We’re in Feels Like the Colors of Hope, organized by Cynthia Branvall // NIAD Online Exhibition // May 2023
Empty Kind Of Full, organized by Tara Neuffer // NIAD Online Exhibition // May 2023
Subtle Sweetness organized by Jamie Walsh // NIAD Online Exhibition // January 2023
NIAD Ink: 35 Years of Prints organized by Andrés Cisneros-Galindo // Online Exhibition // December 2022
Blow Like Magic In Their Face And Vanish organized by James Sterling Pitt // October 2022
Feeling Language, organized by Kate Laster // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // October 2022
A Little Bit of Everything: Fashion & Fiber at NIAD // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // July 2022
High Five, organized by Emma Spertus and Ember Avalos // NIAD Online Exhibition // June 2022
Can’t Be Shook, organized by Alex Gartelmann // NIAD Online Exhibition // April 2022
DESIRE DESIRE, organized by Diego Leclery // NIAD Online Exhibition // April 2022
WIN WIN 10 Silent Auction Preview Exhibition // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // February 2022
A Year Through the (Browser) Windows // A Retrospective of NIAD’s 2021 Online Exhibitions // December 2021
Stories, organized by B. Wurtz // NIAD Online Exhibition // November 2021
Faces in the Crowd, selected by Elizabeth Lalley // NIAD Online Exhibition // December 2020
The Rim of Morning // organized by Chelsea Smith Open Window Collective San Francisco 2020
Ether Here Nor There: Anthony Grant x NIAD // NIAD Art Center 2019
CE x CG X NIAD // Minnesota Street Projects San Francisco 2019
Business Casual // organized By Maria Guzman Capron and Nan Collymore NIAD Art Center May 2019
Hailing From Parts Unknown // organized By Curtis Turner NIAD Art Center 2019
Redefining Contemporary Art // organized by Courtney Eldridge Depot Steamboat Springs 2019
Disability Changemakers // (traveling exhibition) San Mateo, San Francisco and San Jose County public libraries beginning 2019
Collective Memory: NIAD // organized by Hannah Mode 2019
Guerneville // organized By Gerasimos Floratos and Ross Simonini NIAD Art Center 2018
The Handmade // Rock Paper Scissors Collective Oakland 2018
Cyrano // organized By Em Kettner NIAD Art Center 2018
Woven, Mixed, Tied, and Attached: Fiber As Message // organized By Ramekon O’Arwisters NIAD Art Center 2018