Josie Marlyn Gomez is a San Diego-based artist and holds a BA from California State University, Long Beach. Her practice blends abstraction with figuration, focusing on reimagining narratives and breaking barriers as a first-generation Mexican American.

Inspired by a childhood oil pastel drawing, her work features repetitive patterns, bold blocks of color, and talking figures. These symbols create a visual language that allows space for tranforming cycles of generational trauma into resilience.