San Francisco-based interdisciplinary artist Angela Zamora creates installations and sculptures influenced by her queer identity and Mexican-American heritage. As a creator obsessed with cornhusks, she transforms this familiar food item into a canvas that depicts the Mexican American experience from the auditory knowledge of living in Tijuana, San Diego, and San Francisco. Through weaving and transforming cornhusk with her family archive, Angela prioritizes her ancestral heritage to foster a sense of belonging. She values community work and completed her role as an emerging artist for The Queer Cultural Centers LV1 Cohort, where she created a large-scale interactive sculpture for the QCC's 2024 Queer Arts Festival. This fellowship reshaped her understanding of interaction, prompting her to break down barriers to the art world by offering free, hands-on workshops in Bay Area public spaces. Whether building with cornhusks or facilitating public art experiences, her goal is to create belonging through cornhusk narratives exploring where home belongs.
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