Inner thoughts & societal experiences.
Angelica Gomez is a painter and scientist working in abstract painting. With a background in chemistry she explores the structural dynamism of living things through contrasting elements like light and dark, subdued and vivid colors as they manifest within cycles of nature. She draws inspiration from scientific principles to visually interpret phenomena like soil health and the migration of water in urban environments. An investigator of color as a narrative tool, she uses the layering ability of oil paint to build fields of color to construct visual rhythms about the balances that sustain living systems.
Bio
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Currently based in Los Angeles and New York.
Angelica Gomez is an interdisciplinary artist engaged in painting and action-based art making. Her background in process engineering informs her creative practice to explore human and environmental interrelationships as behavioral systems of inputs and outputs. Angelica received a Bachelor of Science in Medicinal Chemistry in 2016 from the University at Buffalo and worked as a bioprocess engineer until 2024 where she worked on process optimization in biologics development. Through her art, Angelica represents elements such as empathy and critical thinking to explore the complexities of emotional reflection around themes such as urban ecological and environmental changes. In 2024, Angelica joined UCLA’s CounterForce Lab as a researcher and thinker; her contributions explore the emotional response to ecological crises within urban spaces and the fundamental interrelationships between nature and human behavior.