Jacalyn López García was born in Los Angeles, CA. She received her M.F.A. in Multimedia and Photography from Claremont Graduate University, a B.A. in Studio Art from the University of California, Riverside and an A.S. in Photography from Riverside Community College. Jacalyn’s artworks demonstrate how a variety of diverse media can be combined in artworks to challenge an audience to think in unconventional ways about what art can be about and the answer to the question, “What is art?”
Jacalyn has earned local, national and international acclaim for her photographic works, videos, photographs and interactive, multimedia installation projects. She is the recipient of a California Council of Humanities Grant for her documentary project, “Life Cycles: Reflections of Change and A New Hope for Future Generations” and her most recent published works include Dr. Jane Elizabeth Lavery’s recent book The Multimedia Works of Contemporary Latin American Women Writers and Artists (2023).
As seen in many of her artworks, López García is determined to push the boundaries that exist between politics and art. A common theme among many of her interactive transmedia projects involves creating reflections of the past with the intent of exploring new understandings of the present. The Internet and QR Codes become vital tools for blurring the boundaries of the museum and gallery walls in her transmedia visual storytelling projects.
Jacalyn is also known as a Mexica Tepati (energy healer), Reiki Master, Sound Bath Practitioner and the owner of Tierra Tepati a Spiritual Healing Center and Artist Retreat located in Mead Valley, CA & a private wholistic enterprise cosmic-tepati.com
Plans for the future include presenting vibrational sound healing and chakra soul dancing sessions for art patrons that have suffered trauma from life experiences living on or near the San Andreas Fault.
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