Carla Lopez (b.1992, France) is an artist based in Albuquerque, NM who works primarily in drawing to summon the ghosts present in her family and in her life. She earned her MFA (2025) in painting and drawing from the University of New Mexico. Lopez received her BFA (2015) in painting from Pratt Institute and her MS (2017) in art therapy from Florida State University. In addition to being an artist, Lopez is an art therapist and professional counselor. Influenced by her career in mental health, she draws pathways to healing in her art and embraces the temporal fluidity of specters to recover the complexity of remembrance, grief and relationships.

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Contact: carlasephoralopez@gmail.com

IG: @carlasephora

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