Itala Aguilera was born and raised in Mexico City. After studying Fashion and Textile Design, her practice shifted to the visual arts. Her work is currently centered on finding new ways to undress by transforming the materiality of her clothes, which has led her to experiment with different media: water-soluble, heat-reactive, edible, and natural materials, electronics, performance, and video.

 

In 2022, Itala moved to New York and joined the artist collective Flux Factory.

In 2025, she was awarded a New York State Council on the Arts grant, through which she produced her solo exhibition Tierra Mojada (Wet Land) at Flux IV. She was also a Work-In-Progress resident at the Textile Arts Center, where she presented her live performance Pearls (a thermodynamic striptease) with support from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.