
{"id":328383,"date":"2025-09-14T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=328383"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:51:39","slug":"eye-to-the-viewfinder-adriana-mugia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/eye-to-the-viewfinder-adriana-mugia\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye to the viewfinder: Adriana Mugia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Adriana P\u00e9rez Mugia (Pinar del R\u00edo, 1985) has traveled a long road, in art and in life, until today. Her self-referential work is a ceaseless search for the transcendental properties of being (ontology), a delving into essences with artistic tools.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She asks the same old, elementally profound questions about the origins of human beings, their destiny, their unpostponable right\/obligation to live. She works for herself and from herself, for others. She believes her experience is transmissible. And she truly achieves it.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I understand that she doesn\u2019t want to proselytize, but rather to show the path she has taken toward self-acceptance, self-understanding and commitment to her fellow human beings. She not only embraces her body, but also exalts it.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Painting, creative crafts, performance, biblical studies and photography have all been present in her development.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Today she shows us pieces from <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mi primer hogar<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (My First Home), one of her series, comprised of photographs embroidered on printed paper. I feel that in this artistic gesture there is an effort to resize, on a symbolic level, those tasks that ancestral phallocentrism defined as exclusively feminine. She literally embroiders on the pain and joy of being a woman; she underlines, comments and shouts from these pieces born of introspection. Her work is a call to action and a profession of faith.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And here they are, in word and deed. Salute this talented artist.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-16-1366x910.jpg\" alt=\"Adriana Mugia. Photo: Yordan Duke Lazo.\u00a0\" width=\"1366\" height=\"910\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adriana Mugia. Photo: Yordan Duke Lazo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Photography arrived at a difficult time<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As a visual artist, my goal is to express the essence of my inner universe, as well as the personal and spiritual journeys I go through. Every experience leads me to reflection: I question my reactions, who I am and where I\u2019m going. This process becomes a ritual that accompanies my observation of life and its various facets.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My work acts as a mirror that reflects the complexity of human beings, inviting others to explore their own narratives, to find beauty in the vulnerability and strength that defines us.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I was born in Pinar del R\u00edo. From a young age, the impulse to create was a way of understanding the world, and my mother was the person who guided me through this process of formation and choice.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-7-1366x1060.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cPolvo de estrellas\u201d (Stardust), 2023. Embroidery on photograph. 50 x 60 cm. Havana, Cuba.\u00a0\" width=\"1366\" height=\"1060\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cPolvo de estrellas\u201d (Stardust), 2023. Embroidery on photograph. 50 x 60 cm. Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I trained at the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, where I graduated with a degree in painting. After graduating, I went through a period of exploration about what my voice was. It was a very complex process, to the point that at one time I felt lost and stopped creating.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I came to photography at a difficult time, when I felt I had lost my creative direction. The Artistic Photography Course with visual artist Yuri Obreg\u00f3n Batard was key: it restored my confidence and showed me that photography could be much more than technique, but a language.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Later, in the Post F8 Conceptual Photography Lab, also led by Yuri Obreg\u00f3n, I discovered that photography was also concept, history, emotion and memory.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1175px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-2.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cEn los zapatos de mi abuela\u201d (In My Grandmother\u2019s Shoes), 2023. Embroidery on photograph, 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.\u00a0\" width=\"1175\" height=\"808\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cEn los zapatos de mi abuela\u201d (In My Grandmother\u2019s Shoes), 2023. Embroidery on photograph, 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In photography, I found a space to explore who I am, to look within.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For years, I lived disconnected from my body, as if it were a foreign place. The series <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mi primer hogar<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fallowed me to reconcile with it, to recognize it as a home, a refuge and a root.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Loving the body with its scars, with its silences, has been an essential part of the process. It speaks of the intimate, of what has been lost and recovered. Art as a way of re-inhabiting oneself.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1151px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-4.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cSoltar\u201d (Let Go), 2023. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.\u00a0\" width=\"1151\" height=\"739\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cSoltar\u201d (Let Go), 2023. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Among the people who have influenced my path is, as mentioned above, Yuri Obreg\u00f3n Batard, without whose teaching I would not have discovered all the possibilities that photography offers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I am also inspired by artists such as Marta Mar\u00eda P\u00e9rez, for her symbolic power; Cirenaica Moreira, for her perspective; and Ana Mendieta, who connects me with the spiritual dimension of art, with that relationship between body, land and memory.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-3-1366x909.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cMonte soy\u201d (I Am Countryside), 2023. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.\u00a0\" width=\"1366\" height=\"909\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cMonte soy\u201d (I Am Countryside), 2023. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Furthermore, I find a profound resonance in photoembroidery as an artistic practice. This technique fascinated me from the very beginning due to the level of care it demands: embroidering on a printed image requires precision, respect for the medium, and attentive listening to what has already been visually expressed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Each stitch must be thought over; this technical gesture also becomes a symbolic attitude. The thread not only sews, but underlines and transforms.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-5-1366x908.jpg\" alt=\"\u201c10 de bastos\u201d (Ten in Cards), 2023. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.\u00a0\" width=\"1366\" height=\"908\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201c10 de bastos\u201d (Ten in Cards), 2023. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 866px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-11.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cLa serpiente\u201d (The Serpent), 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 50 x 60 cm. Havana, Cuba.\u00a0\" width=\"866\" height=\"724\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cLa serpiente\u201d (The Serpent), 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 50 x 60 cm. Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Before creating <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mi primer hogar<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, there were four bodies of work that profoundly influenced my symbolic and emotional search. These are:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Postales del pasado<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Postcards from the Past), an installation composed of family photographs and postcards, encapsulated in Petri dishes. In it, I worked with the idea of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">memory as a fragment, not a complete narrative; like a trace, like an impression that persists.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Working with collage, a fundamental creative exercise, allowed me to develop a visual narrative based on found images that dialogued with each other, and that taught me to compose from intuition, rhythm and symbolic resonance.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Como la luna<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Like the Moon), composed of 28 circular pieces \u2014 menstrualeras (watercolor on menstrual blood) on cardboard \u2014 that represent scenes linked to the cycle of life, to women. In this work, I was able to integrate the symbolic, the corporeal and the spiritual.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the series <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">El velo<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f(The Veil), I embroidered for the first time and discovered in that gesture a form of meditation in action.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-12-1366x1128.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cEl sendero\u201d (The Path), 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 50 x 60 cm. Havana, Cuba.\u00a0\" width=\"1366\" height=\"1128\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cEl sendero\u201d (The Path), 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 50 x 60 cm. Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-17-scaled.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mi primer hogar<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After that journey, I felt the need to turn my gaze toward myself. No longer only toward the lineage or the collective feminine, but toward my own body: as an archive, as a home, as an emotional territory. Thus, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mi primer hogar<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> was born, as an intimate and corporeal continuation of that search.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The first piece in this series was \u201cFloreciendo\u201d (Blossoming). I had taken the image five years earlier, during my apprenticeship in the Artistic Photography Course. It was a creative exercise. We had to photograph a part of our bodies that we didn\u2019t particularly like. I chose my abdomen. For a few years I had been overweight, and I found it uncomfortable to show that area of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">my body. Two scars also marked my skin, one from an appendectomy and the other from a cesarean section. However, five years later, my perception had changed. I understood that each scar stemmed from a life-or-death experience, and this had taught me about the ability to rise up in the face of difficulties.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1284px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-1.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cFloreciendo,\u201d 2023. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm.\u00a0\" width=\"1284\" height=\"874\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cFloreciendo,\u201d 2023. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Embroidering on that image became a gesture of reconciliation. Each stitch was a way of saying: \u201cI acknowledge you, I honor you, I inhabit you.\u201d <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mi primer hogar<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fis a series born from a very personal need: to reconnect with my body and my history.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I work with photography and embroidery, two languages <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that complement each other. I take photographs of my body and then embroider over them, as if the thread could express what the image cannot.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For me, embroidery is an intimate, almost ritualistic gesture. A way of listening to what the body holds in silence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Each stitch demands presence, rhythm and breath. While I embroider, I enter a state of deep attention, where time dissolves and what is internal is revealed. It is a slow process, but full of meaning; each thread that runs through the image is also a way of passing through myself.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 804px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-8.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cMantra,\u201d 2023. Embroidery on photograph. 50 x 60 cm. Havana, Cuba.\u00a0\" width=\"804\" height=\"666\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cMantra,\u201d 2023. Embroidery on photograph. 50 x 60 cm. Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The embroidery is as important as the photography in this series, because it is there that the image transforms into experience.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Showing myself naked in these works is an act of vulnerability, but also of affirmation. It scares me, yes, but I also feel that, in doing so, I invite the viewer to look at their own body with respect, with tenderness. To honor its history.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mi primer hogar<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fexplores the idea that the human being is like a house. It has an exterior that shows the world and an interior that holds its soul. The body becomes the first space we inhabit, and through it I connect with themes such as intimacy, memory and uprooting.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-10.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cLa morada del ser\u201d (The Abode of Being), 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 50 x 40 cm. Havana, Cuba.\u00a0\" width=\"1235\" height=\"820\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cLa morada del ser\u201d (The Abode of Being), 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 50 x 40 cm. Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This series has given me the opportunity to heal my relationship with the body, understanding home as a second skin, a place where touch becomes an extension of our existence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My corporeality is the place from which I perceive and think about space, and it is through this connection that I situate myself in the world.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 756px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-9.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cSumergida\u201d (Submerged), 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 50 x 40 cm. Havana, Cuba.\u00a0\" width=\"756\" height=\"1104\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cSumergida\u201d (Submerged), 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 50 x 40 cm. Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-13-1366x911.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cOtro adi\u00f3s\u201d (Another Goodbye), 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.\u00a0\" width=\"1366\" height=\"911\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cOtro adi\u00f3s\u201d (Another Goodbye), 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-14-1366x911.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cMedusa,\u201d 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.\u00a0\" width=\"1366\" height=\"911\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cMedusa,\u201d 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 753px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ADRIANA-15.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cQuerido cuerpo\u201d (Dear Body), 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.\u00a0\" width=\"753\" height=\"1138\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cQuerido cuerpo\u201d (Dear Body), 2024. Embroidery on photograph. 30 x 45 cm. Havana, Cuba.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mi primer hogar<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fis an introspective journey. By depicting life events, I have been able to \u201clisten\u201d to the body and connect with internal sensations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My intention is to inspire others to heal their own relationship with their bodies and find beauty in their personal stories.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She embroiders on the pain and joy of being a woman; she underlines, comments and shouts from these pieces born of introspection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3770,"featured_media":328389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,13919],"tags":[15302,15244],"ppma_author":[34037],"class_list":["post-328383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-visual-arts","tag-cuban-art","tag-cuban-artists"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eye to the viewfinder: Adriana Mugia | OnCubaNews English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Adriana P\u00e9rez Mugia (Pinar del R\u00edo, 1985) has traveled a long road, in art and in life, until today. 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