Lydia Cecilia is a self-taught Spanish visual artist focused on collage and based in Vancouver. Her body of work explores the infinite possibilities of creating unique and relatable identities. Working with vintage magazines as the source of inspiration and material, Lydia utilizes the realistic and romantic perspectives of the human figure as captured in older media to recontextualize and recreate into images of contemporary identities. Exploring perspectives and materiality, Lydia has recently begun to incorporate real dried flowers and fragments of natural materials into her work, as further reflections of the inevitable changes and transformations of people through time. Lydia continues to grow her practice with a genuine commitment to what’s most valuable and beautiful for her, accessibility and community.