The Consulate General of Mexico in New York, through the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, held a collage workshop as part of its ongoing Open Doors program with the Mexican community in New York City.

The workshop was led by artist Fernanda Uribe 🦋🌱🐆 and took place in conjunction with her exhibition “Metamorphoses,” which explored themes of transformation, identity, and nature through a multidisciplinary lens. The exhibition featured mixed-media works that invited viewers to reflect on the constant evolution of the self—particularly within the context of migration and cultural hybridity.

Participants were invited to create their own collage pieces, drawing inspiration from the exhibition and their personal stories, fostering creative expression and cultural dialogue in a shared space.

About fernanda uribe-horta:

As a multimedia artist, she explores her Mexican-Cuban identity through painting, sculpture, installation, and mixed media. Inspired by historical artifacts, mythology, and nature’s rhythms, her work becomes a visual journal of transformation, vulnerability, and self-awareness.

She is drawn to the biological world—the human body, flora, fauna, and materials that shift, erode, or transform over time. Her culture’s relationship with death, along with her father’s anatomy books, shaped the way she sees the body—both in its fragility and vitality. By embracing impermanence, her work becomes a celebration of life’s energy and the importance of living with intention. This awareness guides her choice of materials, as she selects elements that morph, decompose, and evolve—mirroring the beauty of change and renewal.

Her background in dance and yoga informs a meditative approach to sculpting, etching, and painting. She allows each piece to unfold naturally, reflecting the rhythms of transformation and the balance between fragility and resilience.