About Lucia

Lucia (they/them) explores visibility, vulnerability, and community through fiber art and worldbuilding. They reflect on their life as a queer, Latine/x, chronically ill, neurodivergent human creature by materializing metaphors of body, skin, and ocean. 

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Lucia Calderon Arrieta (they/them) is a fiber artist & educational co-conspirator residing in the traditional unceded lands of the Potawatomi, Peoria, Miami, Ojibwe, and Oglala Sioux (“Chicago”).

Lucia learned to sew from Abuelita and learned to call it fiber art from Academia. They were raised by South American immigrants in the deep American South.

They have taught across community and academic institutions, including The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago State University, Lillstreet Art Center, CAPE, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Their work has been exhibited at the International Museum of Surgical Science, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago Textiles Week, Chicago Art Department, and Heaven Gallery.