Jade Leyva | Return of the Hounds: Alumni Masterclass+Festival (2024)

Award-Winning Mexican Magical Realism Artist, Founder “Seeds: A Collective Voice”

Visual Arts Masterclass Presenter:“How To Make a Living As An Artist”

Magical Realism Artist Jade Leyva was born and raised in Mexico City. She has called New Mexico her home since 2006. Her work expresses her love of nature and her positive hope for the future of the world. She has created images for many important events and her work has been featured on the covers of many publications at the local, national and international levels.

Jade has been creating art since she was a young girl in Mexico City. Her influences range from pre-Colombian to post-modern. It is at times whimsical, celebratory and reflective, yet always thought provoking and expressive - a visual magical realism". The central themes of her work are love, unity, and our fragile relationship to Mother Earth.

In 2013 she founded an organization called Seeds: A Collective Voice"  to raise awareness and cultivate education regarding ancient seed preservation and the environment through multimedia arts and creating murals with seeds in community.