Toria Maldonado
(they/them)
Toria Maldonado is an illustrator, painter, and screen printer from Long Beach, California. Inspired by queer abolition, their work primarily involves designing digital illustrations, painting portraits on collaged canvases, and screen printing accessible art in response to current socio-economic issues. They’ve learned to use many creative tools to deal with both personal and communal struggles in their art practice.
In 2019, they received their Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Art from California State University, of Long Beach. Their work has been exhibited in Long Beach Museum of Art’s Juried Photography Exhibition, South Gate Museum’s Flowers For You – Flores para ti exhibition, and Plaza de la Raza’s Invocando Autonomia/Invoking Autonomy exhibition. They have worked with organizations like Social and Public Art Resource Center, Nalgona Positivity Pride, Chicxs Rockerxs SELA, and Mi Centro (located at the LA LGBT Center). Currently, they are collaborating with the owners of Plantiitas, a Long Beach based queer Latinx plant shop, by hosting community events and selling art prints and merchandise.