Mar Figueroa

Mar Figueroa is an Ecuadorian-born painter who works in New York and makes surreal, autobiographical paintings drawing on Andean and Montubio heritage. She was a MacDowell Fellow in Visual Arts in 2024. Her awards include the Hopper Prize and Forbes 30 Under 30 recognition. She earned a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and is completing an MFA at the Yale School of Art. She has taught at the School of Visual Arts.