ABOUT THE ARTIST
XOCHI SOLIS (b. 1981) is an Austin, TX-based mixed media artist and community organizer with over 19 years of experience. Her creative practice consistently aims to build spaces—physical, intellectual, and emotional—that explore her relationship to land, culture of place, and personal history.
Solis's multilayered, collaged paintings incorporate paint, hand-dyed paper, vinyl, plastics, and found images. Working on scales ranging from handheld works on paper to site-specific wall works, she employs collage to communicate her present moment, using photographic surfaces from books and magazines to create nuanced narratives about time, place, and sensation. Solis's site-specific process is deeply rooted in her connection to each location's unique characteristics, approaching every space with curiosity to unravel its distinct visual landscapes and cultural traces.
Her work engages in a visual discourse on identity, exploring environments where heritage, body, and future dreams coexist. While her practice remains rooted in mixed media, she thrives on collaborative creativity. This ethos is reflected in her participation in numerous artist residencies across the United States and Mexico, where she both nurtures and is nurtured by fellow artists. These experiences have strengthened her commitment to community-building through art, bridging her studio practice with her passion for creating innovative, collective spaces.
Solis is one of 30 artists featured in the book Collage: Contemporary Artists Hunt and Gather, Cut and Paste, Mash Up and Transform (Chronicle Books, 2014) and one of 45 featured artists in the publication A BIG IMPORTANT ART BOOK (NOW WITH WOMEN): Profiles of Unstoppable Female Artists--and Projects to Help You Become One (Running Press, 2018).
Recent exhibitions include: LAYERS: The Art of Contemporary Collage, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD (2025); Contemporary Ex-Votos: Devotion Beyond Medium, New Mexico State University Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM / Gallery 400, Chicago, IL / Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV (2022-24); Rooted by invisible means, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX (2020); Remedies for a Generation: Xochi Solis & Rachel Levit Ruiz, Uprise Art (2020); Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Place, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (2017).
In addition to her studio practice, she is a board member at Future Front Texas and performs as a vinyl DJ under the name Mira Mira, focusing on preserving and performing Tejanx culture.
Photo by Emmanuel Ramon-Barajas.
Reach me at xochisolis @ gmail.com
For available work, visit Uprise Art or contact advisors@upriseart.com.