About Ana Violeta Horta
Mexican-American Eco Artist. Living between San Diego and Tijuana.
Ana Violeta Horta is a Mexican-American eco artist living the border life between San Diego and Tijuana. Her multicultural path has also taken her to London, Boston, Monterrey, Saltillo, Ensenada and Austin to work, study and move between the corporate and art worlds.
Everything changed when she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She adapted her life so that her passion for creating art would not suffer, and in the process developed her own style: making her own sustainable paint with natural ingredients, combining materials used for centuries with modern practices.
After 20 years in the sustainable energy industry and education in sustainability and circular economies, she has prioritized an art practice built around natural mineral pigments, plant-based mediums and sustainable supports, so that the way each painting is made carries the same values as its subject.
Her work addresses environmental damage, social systems, border identity, chronic illness and humanity's relationship with nature. She believes art can help people reconsider that relationship and repair the harm done to the earth.
- San Diego
- Tijuana
- London
- Boston
- Monterrey
- Saltillo
- Ensenada
- Austin
- 20+
- Years in the sustainable energy industry
- 8
- Cities lived in across Mexico, the US and the UK
- 20
- Works in the online catalog
- 5
- Countries exhibited in since 2024
I believe that we can repair the damage that present and past generations have done to make this earth sick.
Business, sustainability and painting
2023
Binding Mediums in Painting Through Time
Instituto Mexicano de Curaduría y Restauración (IMCR) · Mexico City, Mexico
2023
Abstract Painting
University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Arts · London, UK
2022
Introduction to Hyperrealism with Oil Medium, with Omar Ortiz
ArtHouz Eastlake · Chula Vista, CA, USA
2022
Creative Catalyst: The Transformative Power of Making Art, with Dana Albany and Michael "Flash" Hopkins
Esalen Institute · Big Sur, CA, USA
2021
Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategies
University of Cambridge · Cambridge, UK
2020 – 2022
Watercolor Illustration, with Lucho Salcedo
ArtHouz Eastlake · Chula Vista, CA, USA
2019 – 2024
Mixed Media, with Hayde Laborin
ArtHouz Eastlake · Chula Vista, CA, USA
2014
Awakening the Creative: The Painting Experience, with Stewart Cubley
Esalen Institute · Big Sur, CA, USA
2009
Drawing Faster and Better
The Art School of the Austin Museum of Art · Austin, TX, USA
2005 – 2006
Master's in European Business
ESCP-EAP · London, UK
2005
Introduction to Life Drawing
University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Arts · London, UK
2004
Master's in International Business
EGADE Business School · Monterrey, Mexico
2002
Business Exchange Program
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA, USA
1999 – 2004
Bachelor's in International Business
ITESM (Tecnológico de Monterrey) · Monterrey, Mexico
Selected exhibitions and fairs
2025
Coronado Art and Wine Festival
Coronado, CA, USA · May 10, 2025
Art Expo New York
Pier 36, New York, NY, USA · April 3 – 6, 2025
2024
London Contemporary
Earth Space Gallery, London, UK · November 2024
Art San Diego
Circle Arts, San Diego, CA, USA
Arte Expo Paris
Galerie Agnès Nord, Paris, France · October 2024
Canvas Venice International Art Fair: Visions
Venice, Italy · October 2024
A Foot Forward: Art Knows No Boundaries
Coronado C3 Gallery, Coronado, CA, USA · September 2024 – January 2025
Beverly Hills Art Fall Fest
Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Carlsbad ArtWalk
Carlsbad, CA, USA
Artbox 6.0 Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Newport Beach Art Exhibit
Newport Beach, CA, USA · June 2024
Coronado Art and Wine Festival
Coronado, CA, USA · May 2024
Abstracts Collection
Naturalist Gallery
Red Hot
Ashton Gallery, San Diego, CA, USA · February – March 2024
2023
Nature
USA · December 2023 – January 2024
She's Here, There and Nowhere (natural pigments on canvas)
Art Houz Gallery Eastlake, Chula Vista, CA, USA
2021
Time Is an Illusion (acrylic on canvas), first place in the "Reflection" exhibit
Art Houz Gallery, Chula Vista, CA, USA
2004
Life Suspended (acrylic on canvas)
Red Bull Art Tour, Mexico
Commissions, collaborations and press
Ana welcomes commissions and project requests, and is happy to talk about her materials and practice with galleries, press and fellow makers.