About the Artist
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Photo by: Lydia Daniller.
Julieta Beltrán Lazo is a visual artist working between Guadalajara and Chicago. She received her Master of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2025) and a BFA in Painting and Drawing from the Rhode Island School of Design (2020). Beltran was the recipient of the Higher Education Scholarship from the Jumex Art Foundation (2023-25). Her work has been exhibited in Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Europe.
Using memory and somatic expressions as entry points, her artistic practice explores the psychology of embodiment, untangling the tensions between the body’s physicality and the social constructs that attempt to affix it to a hegemonic standard. Working primarily in painting but incorporating writing, fibers, and performance, Beltran’s material exploration seeks the points of tension between desire and discomfort, creating layers or “second skins” that simultaneously protect and efface the figure, allowing the artist's subconscious to emerge.
Using memory and somatic expressions as entry points, her artistic practice explores the psychology of embodiment, untangling the tensions between the body’s physicality and the social constructs that attempt to affix it to a hegemonic standard. Working primarily in painting but incorporating writing, fibers, and performance, Beltran’s material exploration seeks the points of tension between desire and discomfort, creating layers or “second skins” that simultaneously protect and efface the figure, allowing the artist's subconscious to emerge.