Mercedes Hieb (b.2000), is a Guatemalan-American multi-disciplinary artist who’s work centres around womanhood, divine femeninity, spirituality, fate, and her distinct cultural heritage. Born originallly in New York City, Mercedes grew up in various cities including London and Hong Kong. Through her art, one can catch a glimpse of her vastly diverse upbringing with sneak peaks of distant islands, towering mountains, star spattered night skies, and roots that tie all of these divergent experiences into one cohesive body of work. Hieb seeks to celebrate the differences in humanity by depicting landscapes of far away lands that exist in ambiguity so that everyone, no matter where they are from, can in one shape or form find their own experiences mirrored in her work. Delving further into her themes of femeninity and the female experience, Hieb depicts raging red veins, motifs of tightly braided hair, and knotted umbillical cords in an exploration of what it means to be a woman and the deep connections between female anatomy and outward expression. Haunting self-portraits and surreal depictions of the human form are just part of Hieb’s vast oeuvre.