Aundrea Victoria Salinas Brasier

Guest Artist

Aundrea Victoria Salinas Brasier, a local Mexican-American artist, is an internationally published hair and make-up artist and costume designer. Her elaborate costumes incorporate repurposed items and natural materials like mesquite and native flowers. Born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, the creative visionary is heavily influenced by deeply rooted traditions of faith, family, artistry, and service. Her work reflects generations of women who taught her to lead with strength, compassion, and creativity. Today, her work explores identity, migration, motherhood, spirituality, resilience, and the emotional realities of modern life. Through art and storytelling, Aundrea seeks to create spaces where culture, compassion, and humanity remain visible in a world that often asks people to look away.

In addition to creating costumes for private commissions, Salinas’s work has been featured in Voyage San Antonio (2021), Dreamy Magazine (2020), Dia De Los Muertos (2020), Gothesque Magazine (2019), Shop Local CC (2018), The One, Bride Guide (2017), and Texas State Aquarium’s Beach Ball Carnival (2016).

Aundrea is also known for producing elaborate handmade costumes and wearable art using natural and reclaimed materials including mesquite wood, cotton, found objects, and organic textures gathered from everyday life. Her artistic philosophy centers around seeing beauty where others may overlook it. She creates custom costumes, continuing a multigenerational tradition inspired by the creativity and devotion of her mother and grandmother.

She was raised by strong women — her mother, Melinda Villa, and grandmother — whose examples of generosity, resilience, and service deeply shaped her worldview. Their lessons taught her not only to be independent and capable, but to remain open-hearted toward others. Acts of love, sewing, creating, helping neighbors, and showing gratitude through faith became the foundation of her artistic practice.

Aundrea’s upbringing in the Catholic Church at Holy Family, Saint Peter’s, and Sacred Heart Church in downtown Corpus Christi continues to influence her work. Sacred Heart holds especially deep meaning in her life because before her grandparents, Francisco and Victoria Villa, spent any paycheck or earnings, they would first buy a candle, bring their grandchildren to church, and pray in gratitude. Through these rituals, she learned the dignity of labor, the importance of humility, and the sacred responsibility of caring for family and community.