Momo Magallon
Painter and performance artist based in Panama City, Panama
Momo Magallon (1997, Panama) is a multimedia artist working within the scope of painting, drawing, performance, video work, soft sculpture, and installation. Her work explores domestic, urban, and rural spaces, mundane objects, belongingness, sexuality, and gender.
In 2019, she graduated from Florida State University with a BFA in Studio Art with an emphasis on Painting. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Americas while winning funds and accolades in both the USA and Panama. In 2022 she completed a residency with satisFACTORY art space in Costa Rica.
Since 2020 she is part of 'Panama Fem Art Coalition', which propels projects that support women artists in Panama. In 2022 she co-founded 'La Busqueda', with Panamanian artists EVADE and Milko Delgado, in order to create cultural and curatorial projects in the Panama City, Panama.
Currently represented by Galeria Mateo Sariel in Panama.
Photography by Susana Aramburu
Artist Statement
My work uses mundane objects in domestic, urban and rural spaces as a vehicle to engage in deeper conversations of belongingness, emotional distress, sexuality and gender. My gestural technique focuses on paint as an object and a material that holds as much value as the image being depicted. Pastels, fun mark making, and thick brushstrokes bring in the viewer. Initially what seems lighthearted and easy to digest is really exploring deeper dialogues beyond the surface. In my performances my body is the vessel to continue exploring the physicality and plasticity of paint while also delving on themes such as physical and mental stamina, becoming one with the space, and sexuality and gender.
Latest Exhibitions
2023 Mirando Las Nubes (Solo Show)
Galeria Mateo Sariel
Panama City, Panama
2023 ActionHere/BeingThere (Denver MOV.)
Understudy Gallery
Denver, Colorado
2023 Vaciar La Categoria
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Panama
Panama City, Panama