ARTIST BIO

Tregenna Garcia is an abstract visual artist working primarily with acrylic and mixed media. She holds a master’s degree in cross-cultural studies and international development, a background that continues to inform her engagement with political, social, and cultural systems. Garcia also earned a BS in business and entrepreneurship, which supported her work assisting young women abroad in starting small businesses as a pathway out of human trafficking.

Raised in southern Vermont, she was influenced early on by folk art traditions, ceramics, and the Bread and Puppet scene, shaping her understanding of art as material, communal, and politically engaged. During her graduate studies, Garcia received awards for two photographic exhibitions: one documenting children’s spirituality in Thailand, and another highlighting women in pop culture through portraiture along Venice Beach. 

Her painting and sculpture practices involve intuition, exploration and repetition. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two children where she creates monoprints, acrylic paintings, and mixed-media sculpture out of her home studio. 

ARTIST STATEMENT

I am an abstract artist working in mixed media, painting and sculpture. My work is shaped by an ongoing awareness of power and human vulnerability—how political forces and economic systems quietly structure daily life—while also embracing the joy of improvisation and the pleasure of creating new things with my hands.

My practice is rooted in color, texture, and pattern, using an experiential approach built through layering and repetition. I am drawn to unexpected color relationships and a wide range of mark-making tools, spray paint, and nontraditional materials. My paintings often develop through many layers, incorporating fragments of text—from English and other languages—to add depth and meaning to the work as a whole.