XImena Rendón is a Mexican artist based in the Bay Area. In 2007 she moved from Mexico City to San Francisco to attend the Fine Arts program at the Academey of Art University. In 2011 she obtained her BFA in Painting and in 2015 she earned her MFA. Rendón's paintings are realistic renditions explorint themes of mortality and the subconscious. 

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