OC3 GALLERY
Eliana Miranda | Qué Calor
August 10 – September 20, 2024
Reception: August 10, 6 – 8 PM | Artist Talk: August 24, 5 – 6 PM
image courtesy of the artist
Miranda’s work investigates environmental intersectionality and the influence on the migration of people headed towards the U.S./ Mexico border from Mexico, Central America, and South America. The movement of people from marginalized communities are often affected by ecological disasters that stem from climate change. Severe weather events such as heat waves, flooding, and droughts are some of the catalysts for these migrations.
The social repercussions of being uprooted from an area known as a home are complex. Heritage, culture, survival, and spirituality play a major role in how people are connected to their land. When people migrate, connections and history get lost through assimilation after crossing borders. When addressing these topics, Miranda uses color and line as mechanisms to highlight the connections between people, their communities and nature.
Qué Calor investigates environmental intersectionality that stems from heat related disasters revolving
around the U.S.- Mexico border. The impact of rising temperatures is felt all over the world through
catastrophic events such as heat waves, flooding, and droughts. However, the influence of a changing climate
is experienced through the militarization of the U.S.-Mexico Border. On the border, heat, land, and water are
used as a weapon to hurt immigrants and asylum seekers. These events are detrimental to human life and
survival often becomes the overarching goal.
Eliana Miranda is a visual artist and co-founder of Nuestra Art Collective who currently lives in Dallas, TX.
Miranda has a BA from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York and an MA and MFA from the University of
Dallas. She been in numerous exhibitions including Latino Americans 500 Years of History at the Idaho State
University, Contemporaneous Commentary: Voices in the Current Sociopolitical Atmosphere at the Wichita
State University, Intersections at the Texas Woman’s University, and the AMOA Biennial 600: Justice• Equality•
Race• Identity at the Amarillo Museum of Art. She was one of the selected artists for the virtual residency with
the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, TX., and the 2022 Texas Vignette. Her work has been featured in publications
such as The Dallas Observer, KERA, and D Magazine.
For more information about the artists, please visit their website. Eliana Miranda
