Artist Statement — Ivette Ramos Levy

I create art to reveal what often goes unseen — the quiet emotions beneath identity, memory, and belonging.

As an immigrant and interdisciplinary art maker in Texas, my work grows from lived experience: the joy of adaptation, the ache of displacement, and the beauty of existing between cultures.

Through painting, ceramics, installation, and video, I transform fragile materials — clay, porcelain, thread, and light — into testaments of resilience and healing. Each piece becomes a way to reclaim voice and invite others into shared vulnerability.

Inspired by Carl Jung’s reflections on the shadow and transformation, my practice brings light to what has been hidden — giving form to emotions that live quietly within us. In my ongoing New People series, recurring eyes and threads symbolize awareness, memory, and the delicate act of seeing and being seen.

Ultimately, my art seeks connection. I want it to slow people down — to make them see, feel, and reflect, recognizing a part of themselves in the experience of another.