Artist Statement:
“My work begins with moments of presence in the natural world; a cool breeze against my skin, or the warmth of the sun across my face. In these instances, I feel as though something beyond myself is asking me to slow down and listen. The idea arrives in a flash, and I work to translate that fleeting moment, layer by layer capturing not only how it looked, but how it felt. Painting is my way of honoring this exchange, giving form to emotion.
I translate these moments into surreal, immersive landscapes defined by lush color, distortion, and psychedelic elements. This visual language is intentional; it resists passive viewing and instead asks the viewer to slow down and engage more deeply. By holding attention, the work creates space for presence, reflection, and resonance.
Through my practice, I explore the textures of the human condition and what it feels like to be alive in this time. By working at the level of core emotion, I aim to reveal the shared experiences that connect us—opening space for recognition, support, and a deeper sense of understanding one another.”
Artist Bio:
Priscilla Moya is a multidisciplinary artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. A Georgia native, her work is deeply influenced by the region’s lush, vibrant landscapes, which inform the surreal, immersive worlds she constructs.
Moya has been devoted to painting from a young age, using it as a means to process and confront the emotional realities of the human experience. Working from a deeply personal lens, her practice examines what it means to exist as a woman within longstanding systems of power, translating lived experience into visual narratives that hold both vulnerability and resistance.
Her current body of work, Paradise Gardens, draws from moments of presence in the natural world and her daily writing practice. These experiences are alchemized into layered compositions that explore emotional awareness while subtly interrogating the structures that shape perception, autonomy, and identity. Through this, her work reveals the shared emotional undercurrents that connect individual stories. She is currently expanding this body of work, further developing her inner visual language on canvas.
