Mirabel Wigon

Apparitions, 2022

oil on canvas

48 x 60 inches

C-lective Curator’s Cut:

Mirabel Wigon’s Apparitions radiates warmth and energy, layering deep reds, oranges, and organic textures to evoke a world in transformation. Rather than focusing solely on loss or collapse, the work suggests a powerful, ongoing evolution, where traces of the past coexist with possibilities for renewal. Apparitions is a phoenix rising from the ashes. Its glowing palette and fluid forms invite us to imagine resilience within the landscape, and to see beauty in a world on fire. Change, movement, and the unseen forces can birth a new life of possibilities. 

Mirabel Wigon, MFA

We Love Mirabel. She is a Sacramento-based artist whose layered landscape paintings explore the natural and social forces shaping our world. She uses themes of human triumph and failure to imagine speculative futures grounded in co-dependency and resilience, revealing hidden worlds that help us navigate life's complexities.

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Traditional Art from California State University, East Bay

    Masters of Fine Art in Drawing & Painting from California State University, Long Beach

  • Current Assistant Professor of Art (Drawing & Painting) at California State University, Stanislaus

    Vermont Studio Center Resident (2024) and “The Place on the PCH” Resident (2023)

    Recipient of multiple institutional grants at CSUS, including Teaching Initiative, Travel Fund, Instructional Activities Awards, and a $10K Research/Creative Activities Grant

    Linda A. Day Endowed Student Award (2019)

    Werby Marilyn Award

    CSULB Provost Purchase Award

“My oeuvre addresses notions of progress, instability, and system collapse as it relates to the built and natural environment.”

Mirabel’s art explores the impact of our changing environment, using symbols that reflect the challenges of our current era. Her paintings invite viewers to think about how the land and landscape shape the stories and ideas we share as a culture. She builds up layers of images and materials on the surface of her work, creating scenes that are full of contradictions where shapes and gestures can mean different things at once.

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