Paloma Mayorga is an interdisciplinary botanical artist working across photography, video, performance, installation, painting, and printmaking. Often using her own body as medium, Mayorga explores ancestral uses of plants and how botanical wisdom is passed down generations. Her work draws on ecological stories, sensory experiences, and the memory held in landscapes to reflect how reconnecting with plants can help us become mindful in our connections to others, as well as more responsible stewards of the land.
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Paloma Mayorga is a Mexican American interdisciplinary artist and independent curator born and based in Austin, Texas. She earned a BA in Painting from the Sarofim School of Fine Arts at Southwestern University, and has gone on to exhibit her work across Texas and nationally. Most recently, her work was exhibited as part of the 2024 Texas Biennial in Houston, TX, ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, MI, Artpace in San Antonio, TX, The Contemporary Austin, and Big Medium in Austin, TX. Mayorga has also received the Emerging Artist Award from the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, Best Visual Artist by the Austin Chronicle Reader’s Poll, and Southwestern University’s 18 Under 40 Award.
Currently, she acts as Curator for Coronado printstudio and serves on the Board of Directors for DORF and PrintAustin.