https://jovitartista.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-02-08 https://jovitartista.com/artistbio daily 0.75 2024-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9a77d3325e932069cdd939/1609294491226-SC65SWIRLKU8KN1VU48F/Jovi_head_shot.jpg Artist Bio - Bio Jovita Mercado, a Chicana, living on the hyphen of the word Mexican-American, asks why are women of her ethnicity subjected to brutality and ill-treatment and why is there a lack of history surrounding her identity. These questions drive her practice and uncover a history of the United States exploiting her ethnicity while revealing how colonization has manifested into her ethnicity’s oppressive gender expectations. She’s making work in response to the prolific amount of violence and abuse that has been occurring at the U.S./Mexico border and border-related lands like her hometown of Yakima, Washington. Her work is attempting to humanize her identity away from political jargon that leaves her community vulnerable to recurring violence. Through her act of making, she also memorializes her culture’s accomplishments and resiliency, hoping that it distills pride in her community and inspires others. Jovita Mercado was born in ‘98 to a Chicana mother and a Mexican Father. While growing up in Yakima, her mother was a warehouse worker and her father was a field worker. They struggled financially as many other families do in Yakima. After her parents divorced, Jovita spent most of her adolescence watching over her younger siblings as her mother worked to support the family. She dreamt of leaving her small town and living a life of her own. She utilized her academics and art as a form of escapism. This led her to participate in the Running Start program. She graduated High school with an Associate degree. She then studied at the University of Washington from 2017-2020. During her time at the University, she was the President of the Art Diversity Council, the Artistic Director for the Gender Womxn's Sexuality course: Latina Cultural Productions, and a Co-Organizer of the Womxn Who Rock 2020 conference. She graduated with an Honors Degree in Fine Art and a double minor in Gender Womxn Sexuality Studies and Diversity. 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This is what mexican migrant workers described the powder they were being sprayed with when they crossed the U.S./ Mexican border in the 1910’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9a77d3325e932069cdd939/1609585177004-6F7YE08PQCKF2S6PZ63J/mala_manzanita.jpg Home page - Installations - La Mala Manzanita This ceramic apple is Jovita’s 3D adaptation of painting La Manzanita. 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For Jovita, this is a recuerdo, an emblem of her family and friends strive and struggle for a more habitable future in the Yakima Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9a77d3325e932069cdd939/1619937926075-AN2D76X97GMVGYOLPCAO/Desert_days_mid.jpg Home page - Paintings/Pinturas https://jovitartista.com/artwork/public-art monthly 0.5 2024-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9a77d3325e932069cdd939/88fd645e-ce9e-40e5-b372-7a9e5d623361/Dulce_smaller.jpg Home page - Public Art - Seattle Center On August 2020, Jovita Mercado was selected to be a participant in the City of Seattle’s Public Art Bootcamp. Through this opportunity, Jovita installed her piece titled “Los Trabajadores, Sus Apoyos, Y La Comunidad” at the Seattle Center. This installation consisted of Loteria inspired designs on the glass panels of a walk way. This piece is a tribute the laborers, their advocates, and the diverse community of Washington State. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9a77d3325e932069cdd939/5c73d5bc-87b3-4227-a147-06971b26d277/chicanos_boeing_.jpg Home page - Public Art - City of Burien In 2019, Jovita designed a utility box wrap design for the City of Burien. This design was a visual representation of Latinx migration from Yakima to cities like Burien. This was during Boeing Economic Boom in the 1960’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f9a77d3325e932069cdd939/8a7f6486-adc5-41ed-9601-0cf7d4236e9e/GENTE_SI_REVISED_9_15_21.jpg Home page - Public Art - Limited Edition Orca Card Designs In the Summer of 2021, Jovita was selected by 4 Culture to design limited edition Orca Cards for the RapidRide H line, a route that passes through Delridge, White Center, and Burien.