Priscilla Dobler Dzul

PRISCILLA DOBLER DZUL is an interdisciplinary storyteller. Her paintings, textile, sculpture, video, and performance works have addressed notions of belonging, borders, alienation, and social inequality as they relate to the history of migration and indigenous cultures. Dobler Dzul’s works examine the migration of cultural practices and forms between different social and political contexts, with an emphasis on the recuperation of artisanal craft and the articulation of alternative narratives of labor, power, and design. Her most recent works comprise large-scale paintings and glazed, painted sculptures inspired by the bold colors and forms of Mayan mythological oral stories and Alebrije folk art that represent all elements of life: air, water, earth, and fire. Expansive landscapes featuring a range of hybrid animals, human figures, and plant life, Dobler Dzul’s ebullient canvases mix traditional mythological motifs with a contemporary approach to storytelling that creates space and representation for queer people in history and art.