About Me

H. Maria Armijo is a multidisciplinary artist born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras to a Chilean mother and a Honduran father. She immigrated to a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. Her life’s work foundation revolves around art, literacy, advocacy, and storytelling. Her broad interests lead her to various degrees in Art and Design, Community Organizing, and Information Literacy.

Armijo learned to paint during the pandemic. She uses her collection of family artifacts to tell the story of memory, communication, loss, diaspora, assimilation, and the things that bind us. Her interests lie at the intersection of creating and sharing culture through paintings, textiles, and exploratory Art. 

In 2022, she completed the Kent Blossom Art Intensive in Painting. The artist has been included in exhibitions at Artful Cleveland, Cuyahoga Community College’s Eastern Campus Art Gallery, Cleveland OH; Pinwheel Gallery, Cleveland, OH; The YARDS Projects Cleveland, OH; Stella’s Art Gallery, Willoughby, OH. Armijo received an Honorable Mention in the 37th Annual League for Innovation International Student Art Awards.

Armijo is an adjunct faculty member at Cuyahoga Community College, where she teaches Illustration and Design Portfolio. She is also a Reference and Instructional Librarian at Lakeland Community College.  She currently resides in Northeastern Ohio with her husband and two kids.

Armijo continues to tell stories of her personal history, reflections on meaningful nostalgia, and formative experiences.  

I was recently interviewed by Books Are My People. Click here to listen to the interview.