Sequioas’ Dance Over Yosemite

Anna Mathai is a multidisciplinary artist based in San Francisco with a practice spanning from mixed media and painting to sculpture, decorative residential wall installations, and writing. She creates sculptural and textured works that use color, light, texture, and shadow to tell her story, and frequently works with plaster, textile, and metal. Her goal is to create things that hold some strange magic. It’s why she likes to experiment with and create new methods (like her “canvas kintsugi” and hardened silk origami). She makes works that interact with their viewers and the light around them, reflecting, shifting colors, and jumping off of the wall to mingle art and enjoyment, to transcend viewing into experiencing. She feels that the aesthetics (and a touch of whimsy) are paramount. However, on the “series level,” her work often references deeper themes from her life, such as rebellion, feminism, “otherness”, and the immigrant experience. Her work, however, is not overtly political. In her mind, her art generally reflects on boundaries, both real and imagined and blurs them.

Mathai was born in the UK to Indian parents but spent most of her childhood in the rural Deep South. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University after graduating from the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and Arts, then went to medical school, and eventually law school, later practicing as an entertainment lawyer. Since pursuing her art professionally, her work has been featured in international art magazines and exhibited nationwide. In her other time, she writes lyrics and screenplays, enjoys nature with her Australian Shepherd, and Cowboy, and tests jokes on friends and family.

Series “En Busca De Mi Cicatriz” – Untitled 1

Julien Cardinal Romero was born on July 26, 1976, in Matanzas, Cuba. He fled to Panama City at the age of 35, fleeing the dictatorship that had oppressed his country for more than 60 years. He sought refuge in Panama City, where he spent ten years.

In Panama, Julien participated in a variety of artistic events, winning third place in its national salon in the painting category in 2019. He has always dedicated himself to art. He enrolled in his city’s Higher Pedagogical Institute in 1994 and graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Plastic Education. In 2001, Julien enrolled in his city’s Roberto Diago professional art school and graduated in 2004 as a Professional Technician in Plastic Arts.

During his student years, Julien was able to meet people from various generations. He uses a variety of techniques such as oil paints, acrylics, and pastel pens. Influences in his work include modern painting, the Cuban cinema poster artist, African art, expressionism, and surrealism.

Series “En Busca De Mi Cicatriz” – Untitled 2

Julien Cardinal Romero was born on July 26, 1976, in Matanzas, Cuba. He fled to Panama City at the age of 35, fleeing the dictatorship that had oppressed his country for more than 60 years. He sought refuge in Panama City, where he spent ten years.

In Panama, Julien participated in a variety of artistic events, winning third place in its national salon in the painting category in 2019. He has always dedicated himself to art. He enrolled in his city’s Higher Pedagogical Institute in 1994 and graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Plastic Education. In 2001, Julien enrolled in his city’s Roberto Diago professional art school and graduated in 2004 as a Professional Technician in Plastic Arts.

During his student years, Julien was able to meet people from various generations. He uses a variety of techniques such as oil paints, acrylics, and pastel pens. Influences in his work include modern painting, the Cuban cinema poster artist, African art, expressionism, and surrealism.

Series “En Busca De Mi Cicatriz” – Untitled 3

Julien Cardinal Romero was born on July 26, 1976, in Matanzas, Cuba. He fled to Panama City at the age of 35, fleeing the dictatorship that had oppressed his country for more than 60 years. He sought refuge in Panama City, where he spent ten years.

In Panama, Julien participated in a variety of artistic events, winning third place in its national salon in the painting category in 2019. He has always dedicated himself to art. He enrolled in his city’s Higher Pedagogical Institute in 1994 and graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Plastic Education. In 2001, Julien enrolled in his city’s Roberto Diago professional art school and graduated in 2004 as a Professional Technician in Plastic Arts.

During his student years, Julien was able to meet people from various generations. He uses a variety of techniques such as oil paints, acrylics, and pastel pens. Influences in his work include modern painting, the Cuban cinema poster artist, African art, expressionism, and surrealism.

Series “En Busca De Mi Cicatriz” – Untitled 4

Julien Cardinal Romero was born on July 26, 1976, in Matanzas, Cuba. He fled to Panama City at the age of 35, fleeing the dictatorship that had oppressed his country for more than 60 years. He sought refuge in Panama City, where he spent ten years.

In Panama, Julien participated in a variety of artistic events, winning third place in its national salon in the painting category in 2019. He has always dedicated himself to art. He enrolled in his city’s Higher Pedagogical Institute in 1994 and graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Plastic Education. In 2001, Julien enrolled in his city’s Roberto Diago professional art school and graduated in 2004 as a Professional Technician in Plastic Arts.

During his student years, Julien was able to meet people from various generations. He uses a variety of techniques such as oil paints, acrylics, and pastel pens. Influences in his work include modern painting, the Cuban cinema poster artist, African art, expressionism, and surrealism.

Series “En Busca De Mi Cicatriz” – Untitled 5

Julien Cardinal Romero was born on July 26, 1976, in Matanzas, Cuba. He fled to Panama City at the age of 35, fleeing the dictatorship that had oppressed his country for more than 60 years. He sought refuge in Panama City, where he spent ten years.

In Panama, Julien participated in a variety of artistic events, winning third place in its national salon in the painting category in 2019. He has always dedicated himself to art. He enrolled in his city’s Higher Pedagogical Institute in 1994 and graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Plastic Education. In 2001, Julien enrolled in his city’s Roberto Diago professional art school and graduated in 2004 as a Professional Technician in Plastic Arts.

During his student years, Julien was able to meet people from various generations. He uses a variety of techniques such as oil paints, acrylics, and pastel pens. Influences in his work include modern painting, the Cuban cinema poster artist, African art, expressionism, and surrealism.

Series “En Busca De Mi Cicatriz” – Untitled 6

Julien Cardinal Romero was born on July 26, 1976, in Matanzas, Cuba. He fled to Panama City at the age of 35, fleeing the dictatorship that had oppressed his country for more than 60 years. He sought refuge in Panama City, where he spent ten years.

In Panama, Julien participated in a variety of artistic events, winning third place in its national salon in the painting category in 2019. He has always dedicated himself to art. He enrolled in his city’s Higher Pedagogical Institute in 1994 and graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Plastic Education. In 2001, Julien enrolled in his city’s Roberto Diago professional art school and graduated in 2004 as a Professional Technician in Plastic Arts.

During his student years, Julien was able to meet people from various generations. He uses a variety of techniques such as oil paints, acrylics, and pastel pens. Influences in his work include modern painting, the Cuban cinema poster artist, African art, expressionism, and surrealism.

Series “En Busca De Mi Cicatriz” – Untitled 7

Julien Cardinal Romero was born on July 26, 1976, in Matanzas, Cuba. He fled to Panama City at the age of 35, fleeing the dictatorship that had oppressed his country for more than 60 years. He sought refuge in Panama City, where he spent ten years.

In Panama, Julien participated in a variety of artistic events, winning third place in its national salon in the painting category in 2019. He has always dedicated himself to art. He enrolled in his city’s Higher Pedagogical Institute in 1994 and graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Plastic Education. In 2001, Julien enrolled in his city’s Roberto Diago professional art school and graduated in 2004 as a Professional Technician in Plastic Arts.

During his student years, Julien was able to meet people from various generations. He uses a variety of techniques such as oil paints, acrylics, and pastel pens. Influences in his work include modern painting, the Cuban cinema poster artist, African art, expressionism, and surrealism.

Series “En Busca De Mi Cicatriz” – Untitled 8

Julien Cardinal Romero was born on July 26, 1976, in Matanzas, Cuba. He fled to Panama City at the age of 35, fleeing the dictatorship that had oppressed his country for more than 60 years. He sought refuge in Panama City, where he spent ten years.

In Panama, Julien participated in a variety of artistic events, winning third place in its national salon in the painting category in 2019. He has always dedicated himself to art. He enrolled in his city’s Higher Pedagogical Institute in 1994 and graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Plastic Education. In 2001, Julien enrolled in his city’s Roberto Diago professional art school and graduated in 2004 as a Professional Technician in Plastic Arts.

During his student years, Julien was able to meet people from various generations. He uses a variety of techniques such as oil paints, acrylics, and pastel pens. Influences in his work include modern painting, the Cuban cinema poster artist, African art, expressionism, and surrealism.