About Cecilia
Cecilia Ines Tavarez (she/her/ella)
Artistic & Creative Work:
Cecilia is a multidisciplinary artist and creative guide whose work explores the intersections of spirituality, nature, and feminism. Her artistic practice examines the relationship between visible and invisible elements that shape our realities, creating compositions that are simultaneously surreal, meditative, and deeply symbolic.
Cecilia draws inspiration from her Dominican heritage and other Latin traditions, the rhythms and wisdom of the natural world, spirituality, symbology, and ancestral knowledge. Her work reflects a fascination with the metaphysical and the poetic interplay between form, texture, and meaning, weaving together ecological awareness, ritual, and creative intuition.
Working with a diverse array of materials—including found objects, collage, photography, and visual art—she approaches her work intuitively, allowing the creative process to unfold organically. Many of her pieces incorporate nature-based ritual practices, honoring cycles, embodiment, and the spiritual resonance of materials. The act of creation becomes a meditative exploration of self, while also offering viewers the opportunity to engage with its unfolding symbolism and narrative.
Currently based in the Bay Area, Cecilia travels regularly to New York and beyond to explore her ancestry and expand her creative vision, infusing her evolving practice with insights, imagery, and revelations from her experiences. Through her art, she cultivates spaces where imagination, intuition, and reflection converge, inviting both herself and her audience into ongoing journeys of curiosity, insight, and transformation.
Education & Therapeutic Training:
Cecilia Ines is a creative guide and emerging expressive arts therapist of Dominican roots, born and raised on Lenape land in Washington Heights, NYC, and now based on Ohlone land in Oakland, CA. She is pursuing a Master’s in Clinical Psychology toward Marriage and Family Therapy licensure in Expressive Arts Therapy. She holds a B.A. in Studio Arts from City College of New York (2015), with early training at the High School of Art & Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, and Altos de Chavón School in La Romana, D.R. Her artwork has been featured in group exhibitions in New York City, including Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance and West Harlem Arts.
She's deeply committed to healing and community mental health, with years in nonprofit social services providing creative and emotional care to people and families facing trauma and big life changes. A curious explorer of life's mysteries and metaphysics, she offers energy healing, leads divination sessions, and runs art therapy workshops as a Reiki practitioner, spiritual guide, and teaching artist.
