About the Duo
Queer Latin American artists, aunt and niece Patricia Cazorla and Nancy Saleme, moved to New York in the mid-1990s and formed their artist duo, Cazorla + Saleme, in 2010 as a response to Arizona’s targeting of Latinx communities, particularly farm workers. Since then, their practice has blended visual art, social awareness, and community engagement. Their work reflects on migration, displacement, and the search for belonging and connection through color, form, and poetic symbolism.
The duo creates public art and mixed-media works that merge the urban landscape with the human experience. Their luminous, fluorescent palette and layered compositions express resilience, memory, and transformation—an aesthetic of hope that invites collective reflection.
As educators, Cazorla + Saleme have developed inclusive, bilingual art programs for seniors, families, and intergenerational audiences in collaboration with institutions such as the Brooklyn Public Library, Newark Public Library, and Lehman College Art Gallery. Their teaching philosophy mirrors their art: a shared space for learning, care, and empowerment.
Cazorla + Saleme’s art has received support from the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, the Puffin Foundation, UNIQLO/NYC Parks, and El Museo del Barrio, with public art commissions from the Garment District Alliance, NYC DOT, and Audible’s Newark Artist Collaboration. They have been awarded the Newark Artist Accelerator grant (2022–23, 25) and the City of Newark Creative Catalyst Fund (2021, 2022, 2025).
Their residencies include the Vermont Studio Center, ChaShaMA NYC, and the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. Their work has been featured in The New York Times, State of the Arts, NJ PBS, and ArtNet News.