In My Studio with Leticia Maldonado
VIDEO: See artist Leticia Maldonado’s workspace and watch as she makes a neon rose from start to finish.
April 2025
In-progress neon rose by Leticia Maldonado.
Meet Leticia Maldonado, an artist living and working in Los Angeles who creates mixed-media sculptures centered around illuminated glass. Inspired by the dazzle of the Las Vegas Strip and the narrative artistry of comic books, Maldonado blends illustration and a love of literature to create works that explore memory and personal mythologies. She is also an educator at the Electric Lab at the Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, California.
See Maldonado’s workspace, learn about the vision behind her work, and watch as she makes a neon rose from start to finish.
Learn more about neon as an art form in A Neon Renaissance in the Spring 2025 issue of American Craft.
Visit Leticia Maldonado online.
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