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Author: Stephanie Mercado

Stephanie Mercado is a Los Angeles artist. Her work includes painting, printmaking and apparel construction. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California State University Long Beach. She has exhibited internationally including shows in Spain and British Columbia. She has also exhibited in Colorado, Chicago, Indiana, and Texas within the United States.
Portrait of a woman surrounded by mountains and fire bush plants

The Seeds of Dreams

Veronica, 2023 Relief print collage and illustration, digital composite 40 x 30” – paper size Javier, “Oso” (Bear), 2023 Relief print collage and illustration, digital composite 40 x 30” – paper size The Seeds of Dreams October 6 – November…

Image for exhibition opening Rasquachismo with lowriders

Rasquachismo Exhibition, Golden West College

‘Rasquachismo,’ an exhibition celebrating the aesthetics and transformative power of Lowriders. Featuring artwork by Favy Fav, Alicia Rolon,  Aaron Moctezuma, Chicano Soul, Oni Cora, and Stephanie Mercado.  Golden West College Art Gallery September 15 – November 5, 2023Fine Arts Building, Rm 10815751…

Maggie Middleton and Julie Bellavance editioning Stephanie Mercado's Flourish Prints

Tamarind Institute of Lithography

Tamarind Institute of Lithography, Albuquerque, New Mexico Looking Back to Move Forward… In February 2020, right before the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, I had the opportunity to participate in the Tamarind Institute of Lithography’s Professional Artist Printer Training…

1962 Red Impala with cacti printed on archival paper

Low Riders

A series of prints that pay homage to my family’s upholstery business and car culture.   1962 Impala, 2022, relief print collage (digital composite), Ed. 25, 30 x 40″ 1962 Impala, 2022, relief print collage, interior Ford Truck, 2022, relief print…

Nuestra Tierra Exhibition, Marketview Arts, York, PA

Nuestra tierra (Our land) exhibition

Nuestra Tierra (Our Land) Exhibition Nuestra Tierra (Our Land)is  a printmaking exhibition at Marketview Arts guest curated by Drive By Press cofounder Joseph Velasquez.  It explores the complexity and diversity of the Latinx experience through the lens of belonging, interpreted broadly…

An artwork of the Los Angeles Forest constructed from paper and handmade prints

Emerge Exhibition

Emerge is a series of collages by Los Angeles based artist Stephanie Mercado. The works in the exhibition are constructed from hand-carved hand-printed elements and colored papers that merge traditional printmaking with experimental practices, fine art and craft.  Emerge Exhibition,…

Mercado Stephanie Mural Work Promotes Confidence 2022

Work Promotes confidence mural

In preparation for painting my first mural commission, I painted a practice mural with imagery I have been using in my print-based collages. Technically, this is the first mural of my own personal work that I have ever designed and…