Visit with Xochi Solis

Xochi Solis welcomes us into her studio in Austin, Texas for a behind-the-scenes look at her collage process.

Xochi's collages are abstractions of her lived experience, serving as markers of culture, place, and personal history.

In my work, there is a gentle collision between time, space, and cultural experiences. They all glide and bump into each other in an explosion of color, captured within the frame of a single portal. Here I freely incorporate all my curiosities and points of reference, developing a certain kind of sensibility without the fear of being absurd.

Xochi Solis

Xochi considers the repeated act of layering a meditation on color, texture, and shape, all leading to a greater awareness of the visual intricacies found in her immediate environment, both natural and cultural.

As an artist who employs collage and found images to communicate my present moment, I rely on the illusions created by photographic surfaces to tell a nuanced narrative about time, place, and sensation.

Xochi Solis