Marie P. Mudafort is a contemporary painter originally from Northern California, USA. She was awarded a BA from the National School of Fine Arts in Mexico City and currently lives and works in the Lower East Side of New York City.

An explorer of American myths and icons, Mudafort’s paintings evoke the fantasies and excesses of American culture, as well as its rustic Wild West ideology. With a keen eye for the powerful myths and symbols that shape American history, she seeks to poignantly represent the ever-unraveling ideology of fantasy and overindulgence.

In her series If You Want To Be A Legend, Just Go Ahead And Be One, Mudafort delves into the diverse and often ambiguous notions of American identity. By unraveling the fantasy, drama, and existential crises hidden beneath cultural icons and myths, she offers a compelling reflection on the complexities of national identity. Drawing from Western art history and the enduring power of the icon, she creates paintings that make Western excess and fantasy tangible.

Through this body of work, Mudafort aims to provide spectators with a striking panorama of today’s cultural landscape—an invitation to see, but not believe.

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