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Faculty Mentor

Sheila Goloborotko, MFA

Faculty Mentor Department

Art, Art History and Design

Abstract

My work explores family, immigration, and identity through printmaking, using objects as vessels for memory and presence. I began this body of work while taking Intro to Printmaking, where I was introduced to the medium and encouraged to reflect on what stories I wanted my images to carry. Through lithography, relief, monotype, and screenprint, I use printmaking to document personal history and lived experience.

My family is from El Salvador. My parents immigrated to the United States in search of a better life and lived here for more than twenty years. During that time, my father carried his Salvadoran passport as his primary form of identification. In my prints, I portray him within objects that quietly signify both belonging and precarity. In late 2024, my father was deported due to an immigration hold, leaving behind personal belongings that now appear in my relief prints. These objects stand in for his presence and his absence.

My screenprint United reimagines the green card - featuring my parents and brother, with El Salvador replacing the fingerprint - visualizing hope, displacement, and origin. Through these works, I examine how objects carry identity, loss, and resilience.

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