About the Artist
Background
Born in New York, but having spent the majority of the last two decades living as a global nomad and human rights professional abroad-in China, Eritrea, Egypt, the Netherlands, the UK, Italy, Kosovo, and Myanmar—Aurora’s art is informed by her interactions with a diverse spectrum of people, places, languages, politics, genders, and philosophies.
Working in various media, Aurora reconstructs a purposely flawed aesthetic with the materials she finds around her. Both explorative and provocative, her paintings, installations, and assemblages seek to challenge norms, juxtapose the political with the personal, and reveal beauty through chaos.
Aurora's relocation to San Diego, California, intentionally positions her at the intersection between Mexico and the US, where she can visually explore new contrasts, as well as engage in other ways, to continue to fight for the rights, respect, and dignity of all.
Public displays of artfection
- 8th Annual HRC San Diego Gala (charity auction), Hotel Del Coronado (Coronado, California) August 10, 2019
- “Queer Saturnalia” Technique Bar (Tijuana, Mexico) January 2017
- “Nasty Women” (group show and ACLU fundraiser) Viz Cult at Bar Basic November 2016
- “Festival por Nacimiento Respetado” (festival and art show) Torre Aguacaliente (Tijuana, Mexico) May 2016
- “Play to Create: Dia de la Mujer Exhibit” (group show) The Front (San Ysidro, CA) March 2016
- “VENUS an all women art exhibition” (group show) La Bodega Gallery (San Diego, CA) March 2016
- “Pin-up Art” (group show) La Bodega Gallery (San Diego, CA) February 2016
- “Hearts on our Sleeves” (group show), Thumbprint Gallery at Bar Basic (San Diego, CA) February 2016
- “United Nations” (group show), La Bodega Gallery (San Diego, CA) November 2015
- “Pancakes & Booze: Art Show” (group show), 57 Degrees (San Diego, CA) November 2015
- “Skull Art Show” (group show) La Bodega Gallery (San Diego, CA) October 2015
- "The Cracks Are How the Light Gets In" (Solo Show), Meridian Space (Beijing, China) September 2015
- “Secrets of the Alleyways” (art presentation and solo show), The American Center of the American Embassy (Beijing, China) September 2015
- “Alex in Wonderland” (charity auction/group show) organized by the Beijing LGBT Center Gala (Beijing, China), July 2015
- “Home: Theatre, Art, Performance” (charity auction/group show) organized by Scratching Beijing (Beijing, China) July 2015
- “Vaginal Wonder: A Visual Celebration of Eve Ensler’s ‘The Vagina Monologues’” (charity auction/group show), B. West Studio (Buffalo, New York) March 2007
- “Women, Words and Images” (group show), Mills Pond House Gallery (St. James, New York) March-April 2005
- “Massachusetts Artists 2005” (group show), Brush Gallery and Studios (Lowell, Massachusetts), March-April 2005
- Offer Roses With a Person Gallery (paintings on display) (Beijing, China), January- May 2003
- Student Exhibition (group show), University at Buffalo Student Art Gallery (Buffalo, New York), May 2001
- “Songs of the River” (group show), Center at High Falls Museum and Visitor Center (Rochester, New York), November 1998.