Beatriz Mejia-Krumbein was born and raised in Colombia, South America, and later lived in Germany and Mexico before immigrated to the United States in 1988. She studied fine arts and music in her native Colombia, and received a  M.F.A. from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Mejia-Krumbein’s work addresses a range of social concerns, and using diverse media speaks about multicultural and cross-cultural issues. These concerns include violence against women and children, and the cultural displacement and fragmentation experienced by persons torn from their community or country.  She uses her art as a vehicle for personal and community reconciliation.

Mejia-Krumbein have taught and exhibited extensively since the mid 1970s. Her mixed media installations, paintings, and assemblages incorporate layering processes, representing the multiplicity of her own life as artist, teacher, mother, and wife. 

Currently she is the Chair of the Art Department, and director of the Brandstater Gallery at La Sierra University in Riverside, California.

Artist Picture by: Michael J. Elderman
Orange Picture by: Carla Conti Bender