Helena EmeRita Gomez (b. 2004, South Los Angeles, California) is earning a Bachelor of Art, Art with a minor in Visual and Performing Arts Education from the University of California, Los Angeles, in Spring 2025. In Fall 2025, she will begin her Master of Fine Arts.
Gomez is a first-generation Chicana artist from Los Angeles, California, with ancestral roots in Michoacán, Mexico. Her multidisciplinary practice incorporates painting, film photography, installation, and sculpture, all exploring themes of identity, culture, and code switching. Drawing from her Indigenous and Mexican heritage, she incorporates traditional materials like papel picado, serapes, and ballpoint pen to celebrate family history and lived experience. Her work honors cultural labor, familial pride, and the power of self-taught tradition.
In addition to her studio practice, She is a teaching artist. she has three years of teaching experience in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), using education as an extension of her art practice. Through teaching, she fosters creative expression and cultural pride in the classroom, empowering students to explore their own identities and stories through art. This work deepens her commitment to community, accessibility, and the transformative power of creative education.