Yvette Mayorga

Yvette Mayorga (b. 1991) is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist known for her Rococo-inspired reliefs that merge confectionary labor with found images to explore themes of belonging. Dominated by the color pink, Mayorga celebrates femme power while questioning the allure of consumer culture and the American Dream as a first-generation Latinx.

Mayorga holds a MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from the University of Illinois. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at the Museum of Arts and Design, NY; Vincent Price Art Museum, CA; El Museo del Barrio, NY; The Center for Craft, NC; Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico; LACMA, CA; and solo exhibitions at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT (2024), The Momentary at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, AR (2022), and her first institutional international solo museum exhibition, La Jaula de Oro, at Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Mexico (2024), which was reviewed by The New York Times.

Mayorga’s works are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.; The Davis Museum at Wellesley College, MA; The City of Chicago permanent public art collection at O'Hare International Airport, IL; Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, NH; 21c Museum Hotels, KY; Cerámica Suro, Mexico; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, AR; DePaul Art Museum, IL; El Museo del Barrio, NY; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, IL; Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA; and New Mexico State University Art Museum, NM. She has been featured in Artforum, ARTnews, DAZED, Galerie, Hyperallergic, Teen Vogue, The Guardian, The New York Times, and W Magazine.