Smile, Mija - Solo Art Exhibit by Tiffany Moreno @ThrdSpace Studio
About this Event
Smile, Mija - Solo Exhibit by Tiffany Moreno
A tribute to resilience: faking it, facing it, and finding beauty along the way.
Rooted in years of personal journal entries, family stories, memories, and recurring symbols, Smile, Mija explores the shifting landscape of grief, faith, family, care, and healing. Through the exhibition, Moreno considers the quiet resilience that emerges as we learn to carry loss while continuing to move forward.
The phrase Smile, Mija holds many voices. It echoes the encouragement, humor, tenderness, and hope passed between generations. Simple words that can comfort, challenge, and remain with us long after they are spoken.
Raised in a close-knit Mexican American Catholic family in rural Texas, Moreno draws from the everyday expressions, stories, traditions, and humor that become part of a family’s inheritance. Her work brings together moments of vulnerability, remembrance, playfulness, and love while examining the ways these experiences shape how we move through both joy and sorrow.
Rather than documenting grief as a linear experience, Smile, Mija follows its emotional terrain, where healing is rarely straightforward and hope can quietly exist alongside heartbreak.
“Creating this work has become an act of self-soothing. It is a way of holding space for tenderness while honoring the memories that continue to shape me. More than a reflection on loss, it is a reminder that resilience is not the absence of grief but the willingness to keep choosing beauty, faith, and love. Even in life’s heaviest moments, lean into the love that continues to speak. Pick that head up and… Smile, Mija.”
— Tiffany Moreno
About the Artist
Tiffany Moreno (b.1983) is a visual artist based in San Antonio, Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art from Texas A&M University Corpus Christi and has more than 20 years of professional experience in arts administration and community education.
Her work is inspired by life, growth, and the absurdity found along the way. Drawing from faith, music, family humor, and her small-town upbringing, Moreno creates playful, whimsical work rooted in personal experience and cultural influences.
www.tiffanymoreno.com
About the Gallery
Thrd Space Studio is an artist-run studio and gallery located inside the 1906 Gallery arts complex at 1906 South Flores Street, San Antonio, TX 78204. Contact: Hannah Niño Harris, Thrd Space Exhibition Director and Manager. Instagram: @htrd_space_satx
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