about.

artist purpose statement

my purpose as an artist is to illustrate the surreal reality of addiction by posing fragments of my inner self along the fluid line between representation and abstraction. i am breaking past the limits of my diagnoses daily, as a sober alcoholic and autistic person. i hope to challenge societal stigmas around addiction, to visually expose and heal the masked sickness underneath.

healer purpose statement

my purpose as a healer is to help those who have burdens— ego residue, immense grief, energetic demons, inherited curses, and blocked energy. My role is to channel light and encourage clean, responsible, and honest healing.

background

Corazón, born in 1995 and raised in the sf bay area, began her artistic journey in childhood, receiving traditional lessons and winning art awards from the city of san jose. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in art from San Francisco State University in 2017. Struggling with the stress of masking social behaviors and hiding post traumatic depression, Corazón grappled with 10 years of drinking before finding sobriety in 2022.

today

with a renewed passion for acrylic painting, corazón’s portrait practice centers on individuals impacted by addiction and recovery, using figurative painting as a site of witness rather than spectacle. Each canvas functions as a mirror—reflecting dignity, vulnerability, and resilience. her paintings challenge stale stigmas around addiction and mental health through compassionate invocations, shocking details, and masterful brushstrokes. Influenced by Jordan Casteel’s intimate portraiture, Yayoi Kusama’s repetition as psychological language, and Frida Kahlo’s use of the body as narrative site, corazón’s work merges classical portrait technique with lived experience.