Aurora Molina
Bio
Aurora Molina was born in La Havana, Cuba. She currently resides in Miami, Florida, where she works as a full-time artist. Aurora emigrated to the United States at the age of sixteen, where she opted to pursue an education in art. Molina received her Associates of Arts in Visual Arts from Miami Dade College, a Bachelors in Fine Arts specializing in Mixed Media from Florida International University and Master Degree in Contemporary Art at the Universidad Europea de Madrid completed in 2009.
Using the tools of embroidery, sculpture-making, drawing, photography, and video, she uses the potential of fiber art to communicate ideas about social and political issues. Her multifaceted platform provides a sustained and powerful critique of a society that “dismisses” the most vulnerable as they become invisible and hidden from everyday life. With a commitment to Advanced Fiber Art in Miami, Molina is a co-founder of FAMA, Fiber Artists-Miami Association a newly artist collaborative that builds community through textiles and weaves Miami together.
Statement
"Children of immigration are often forgotten" is a series of thread drawings on paper, exploring identity as immigrant children dealing with trauma and separation anxiety. This series attempts to pay attention to the most vulnerable in our community, the drawings wether fictional or based on true life events express an aspect of humanity’s infancy.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
