Artist Statement/ Biography

M.E. Guadalupe Rubi's artistic practice is a meditation on memory: the stories we have inherited and the stories we create to remember. Drawing inspiration from the First Nations tradition of the sacredness of the color red, Latin folklore, and the desire to reclaim an Indigenous narrative, her pieces embrace botany and the natural world as a source of healing and reconciliation. Using the mediums of fiber, clay, and wood, the viewer is invited to connect to nature. Mammal skulls, feminine craft studies and textiles are at the center of her work and a manifestation of a journey to find home and create a narrative focused on reclaiming blood memory.

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M.E. Guadalupe Rubi is a maker, a Roundabout Theatre teaching artist, rogue taxidermist, theatrical costume maker, and fiber artist of Latin and Wabanaki descent. This past year, she was the recipient of the Traditional Craft Mentorship in Fiber at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina. She is the Lead Curator for Triple 9 Arts, a DIY arts collective dedicated to supporting NYC artists. And she received a 2021 City Corps Artist Grant for her solo exhibition, 'Spirit Sees Red' at the Queens Botanical Garden. She lives and breathes in New York, NY.