Afro-Indigenous multidisciplinary artist Christina Monique Flores-Escobar, known professionally as Psychedelicchola, debuts her second solo exhibition, Desert Altars: A Iyawó’s Journey of Softness, Surrender & Spirit.

Created over the course of her iyaworaje, the sacred year following initiation in the Lucumí tradition, Desert Altars is, to the best of the artist’s knowledge, the first Nevada-based solo body of work dedicated entirely to an artist’s iyaworaje. Through contemporary painting, the exhibition documents a year of spiritual transformation, healing, ancestral connection, and self-discovery.

The collection also intentionally centers larger-bodied Black and Brown women as sacred subjects. In a visual culture where larger-bodied women, particularly women of color, are rarely depicted as divine or spiritually powerful, Desert Altars reimagines the body as an altar, challenging conventional narratives surrounding beauty, worthiness, and spirituality.

Free, but donations welcome. Register for the Zoom presentation at Get Tickets.