Edgar Fabián Frías

Edgar Fabián Frías

@edgarfabianfrias.org

Host of @yourartisaspell.com Owner of @therapywithedgar.com CalArts Faculty MFA ART UC Berkeley | CA MFT | Brujx🧿 Wixárika 🦌 Vegan 🌱 Nonbinary ⚧️ Bilingüe 🇲🇽 learning 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇯🇵 🔥 edgarfabianfrias.org They/Them/Elle 🔗👇🏼 https://bio.site/edgarfabianfrias

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Overjoyed to share that I am one of the forty five artists selected to be a part of this GLOBAL survey book by Amy Hale and published by Tate on artists who work within magical & esoteric traditions! Announcing MAGIC: Beyond The Supernatural In Contemporary Art www.mutant-magic.com/announcing-m...

mutant-magic.comAnnouncing MAGIC: Beyond The Supernatural In Contemporary ArtYour weirdness is your greatest asset. Insider support for the multi-passionate & the magical.

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Did you know tarot can help you move through artist’s block or writer’s block? 🃏✨ In the latest episode of #YourArtIsASpell, I share three playful, intuitive ways to work with tarot and oracle decks in your artistic practice.

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I'm intrigued by the possibility that these orbs might be attributed to mundane phenomena like glitches or reflections of light from dust or particles in the air, also known as "backscatter."

Conversely, I’m just as intrigued by the possibility that they could be indicative of something more enigmatic, such as spirits or ghosts. Or perhaps they represent the presence of ancestors or entities from alternative dimensions?

SPELL FOR THE NEXT 6,000 YEARS This new artwork debuted yesterday as a part of the group show Holding a Bright Untroubled Sky curated by Amy Hale at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. This is a participatory installation, built as a living archive and an act of collective spellcasting.

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As the vessel fills over the course of the exhibition, the accumulation of blue corn becomes a tangible, time-bending spell cast by all of us, addressed to the human and more-than-human beings, who will inherit this land 6,000 years from now.

I’ll be visiting in person at the end of the month, and I’m already imagining what that vessel will look like by then. If you’re near the gallery before I get there, go stand in the space, and add your grain of corn. 🌽🔮

SPELL FOR THE NEXT 6,000 YEARS This new artwork debuted yesterday as a part of the group show Holding a Bright Untroubled Sky curated by Amy Hale at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. This is a participatory installation, built as a living archive and an act of collective spellcasting.

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My hope is to transform the gallery into an active altar. By asking the public to imbue a single grain of corn with a prayer, hope, or intention, the audience becomes an essential collaborator in the work.

SPELL FOR THE NEXT 6,000 YEARS This new artwork debuted yesterday as a part of the group show Holding a Bright Untroubled Sky curated by Amy Hale at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. This is a participatory installation, built as a living archive and an act of collective spellcasting.

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In dialogue with this, the blue corn, a sacred ancestor from my own geographic and cultural lineage, serves as the physical medium to hold visitors’ intentions. Corn is an ancestral seed, filled with the energies of care, nurturance, sustenance, and a hope for our future survival.

SPELL FOR THE NEXT 6,000 YEARS This new artwork debuted yesterday as a part of the group show Holding a Bright Untroubled Sky curated by Amy Hale at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. This is a participatory installation, built as a living archive and an act of collective spellcasting.

The intention behind this artwork is to collapse time, inviting visitors to stretch their awareness into a deep future by anchoring themselves in a grounded, sacred present. I selected materials that create a geographic and spiritual bridge between North Carolina and California.

Walking through this show curated by @davidevansfrantz made me so emotional. It’s a huge milestone for me as an art witch. 😭🙏 Please go see this magical exhibition in the desert before it closes Oct 18! 🌵✨ #queerarcana #queerwitch #artforum #edgarfabianfrias #palmspringsartmuseum

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Join us August 26 and 27th for a two-day program of activations, conversation, and celebration in conjunction with Holding a Bright Untroubled Sky: Visioning a Better World Through Magic, a group exhibition of 15 artists exploring imagination and magic as tools for envisioning a better future.

Opening Reception Thursday, August 27, 2026 · 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. The exhibition is on view August 10 – September 18, 2026. I hope you can join us for what promises to be a remarkable gathering.

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“You look happier.” I’ve been hearing this a lot lately, and honestly? I really am. The secret is that I finally stepped back and started making art for me again, instead of for the algorithm and for public consumption

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"Maria" is working in Coachella CA doing maintenance on the lemon trees. She wears thick gloves and sleeves to protect herself against the lemon thorns. She shares, "I will work any job to feed my children." Today Coachella temps are predicted to reach a high of 118°. #WeFeedYou

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Can an artist residency finally help you break through creative burnout? We explore how stepping away from daily demands like caregiving and routine can shift your work from a side project to the center of your life. Learn how dedicated time away acts as a vital threshold for your artistic growth.

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You sit down to “just reply to one email”… and suddenly you’re: – rethinking your whole career – drafting a 3-page manifesto – researching burnout, cult dynamics, and mushroom retreats in 27 open tabs

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ICE desperately wants you not to care about this story But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

inquirer.comICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. | Will BunchSalgado came from Mexico, built the American Dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE.