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By Zully Mejia

He wants to erase me

Painting
70 x 35 x 3.8 cm

£3,000.00
About the Artwork

In this work, I depict myself embodying how I wanted to feel at the time. During a period when I felt deeply disempowered, I painted myself resilient, with a wide stance and hands crossed, facing the viewer. The style of the garment I am wearing is reminiscent of tondero and festejo attire, two types of Peruvian folk music, tondero having originated in my home city of Piura. I view this work as an effort to ground myself by referencing empowering body language and colour and drawing on my heritage. This painting appeared on Portrait Artist of the Year, Series 11.

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Details

Medium: Painting

Year: 2022

Size: 70 x 35 x 3.8 cm

Ready to Hang: Yes

The work can be hung from the wire installed on the back using D rings or directly from the stretcher bar.

Zully Mejia

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Zully Mejía (b. 1997, Peru) is a Peruvian-American artist based in London. She holds a BFA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and an MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London. Her work, which explores identity and memory, is held in public collections including the City of Las Vegas. In 2022, she had her first solo show in Europe. She was a contestant on Portrait Artist of the Year in 2024 and her painting America hangs in the U.S. Capitol Building.

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