Isabella Mellado's work diverges from Catholic guilt, celebrating desire and transgression in her mystical paintings. Known for her magical realist style, Mellado's exhibition 7 Pecados challenges Christian norms by portraying sins like laziness and gluttony as empowering aspects of humanity. Her creative process involves staging photos with accomplices in witchy garments, merging elements of the occult and tarot. Characters in her paintings embody empowerment through anonymity and pleasure, rejecting shame associated with queerness. Past projects like Te Dire Quien Eres highlight the intimate relationships and sacred spaces within a coven of support.
Mellado's most recent exhibition, 7 Pecados, presented a collection of vivid paintings that reject Christian strictures, questioning how we might see laziness, gluttony, and lust as empowering and essential to our humanity.
Mellado beckons us into an alternative space where figures are free to revel in pleasure, as characters take on the role of witches and conjurers, engaging resolutely in their own empowerment.
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