Viviana Paredes

Viviana (Viva) Paredes is a multimedia artist working with glass and organic materials rooted in Mexican and indigenous traditions. Her installations explore non-Western healing and medicinal practices within Chicanx and Latinx communities, integrating herbal remedies, spiritual elements, and cultural knowledge.

Paredes has exhibited widely across the United States, including The US-Mexico Border: Place, Imagination, and Possibility (2018) at Craft Contemporary as part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA; Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples (2024) at the Oakland Museum of California; and Mother Maguey (2014) at the de Young Museum. Her solo exhibitions in California include Alimentos: Glassworks (2018) at the Triton Museum of Art (Santa Clara), We the People: Chicano Art in the U.S.A. (2026) at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture (Riverside). She is currently developing Poetic Utterances (2026) at Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (San Jose).

Internationally, her work has been featured in US-Mexico Border (2017) at Maison Folie Wazemmes (Lille); Construyendo Puentes/Building Bridges: Chicano/Mexican Art from Los Angeles to Mexico (2019) at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (Mexico City); and In Your Face: Chicano Art After CARA (2023), which toured Europe. Her work is held in the collections of the Mexican Museum of San Francisco, AltaMed Art Collection, and the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture.

Paredes has taught at Pilchuck Glass School and Penland School of Craft, and completed residencies at the de Young Museum, Recology San Francisco, and Montalvo Arts Center. She has received awards from the San Francisco Arts Commission, Fleishhacker Foundation, and Creative Work Fund. 

Programs:

• Marcus Exhibition The Art and Architecture of Maybe (2026)