About
Andie Arana Gomez (b. 2002) was born and raised in Guatemala City, Guatemala and immigrated to the United States with their family in 2015. The family settled central Indiana, where the artist continues to be based. In 2025, Arana Gomez received their BFA in Studio Art with a Minor in French from Ball State University, Indiana. At Ball State, the artists concentrated in drawing, painting, and printmaking processes.
Their Senior thesis Show Try Reaping the Corn from My Body, explored themes of cultural heritage, immigration, and assimilation through a re-imagination of the Mayan creation myth.
Since then, Arana Gomez has graduated from the Latino Artist Mentorship Program (Dec. 2025) and their work has been featured in Newfields (2025), the Eiteljorg Museum of American Western and Indian Art (2025), and the Indy Arts Council's Gallery 924 (2025), and Minnetrista Museum and Gardens (2026).
Artist Statement
I explore themes of assimilation and immigration through painting and printmaking, depicting plants and the human form in surreal and abstract atmospheres. Taking inspiration from the Mayan creation myth, my main subjects are corn, harvestable vegetables native to the Americas, and the human figure, often combining all three to create my own mythology.
Story telling and myths has been a part of human life since our conception and across cultures and geographic barriers. These stories nurtured a kind of devotion towards our everyday lives and our environment which I see lacking in our contemporary Western society. I aim to draw the audience in by immersing them in my mythology and challenging them to see the story past the formal elements of my art.
