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Chicano Studies Research Center

Surrendity

UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library
144 Haines Hall
Orange and yellow exhibition flyer showing a colorful painting of a face with the Surrendity title and artist information.

As part of Honors M179, UCLA psychology major Sophia Feliciano (Dominican American) installed an exhibition featuring her artwork, a collection of abstract paintings, mostly portraits, representing herself and others struggling with addiction.

Artist’s Statement on Breathe (2022):

Sometimes I feel ugly, stained with all the wrong colors. Shapeless, uneven. Fogotten even by the wind. Sometimes I hate the man who invented the mirror, obsidian and sand and silver. Sometimes the ocean feels like my only friend. Then, I take a deep breathe–and suddnely–I am beautiful again.

In the vitrine.