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STATEMENT
Like all organic structures, I am in constant flux, and my artistic practice evolves
along with my experiences. Raised in a family of immigrants,
I envision a future that is borderless, shape-shifting, river-like, matriarchal, anti-cartesian, fertile
for chistes and chismes jokes and gossip, warm communities (and climate), scientific, healing
and imaginative.
Have you ever seen ash fall from an active volcano? It is like sugar cane burning for harvesting. Seeing both in Mexico, I noticed the tensions between harm and harvest, sweet and
sweat, earth and birth. I hold these tensions close to heart. Volcanos and corn are recurring
motifs I continue to explore as an artist. The volcanos swell with lava, bright red craters a
reminder of the potential for catastrophic eruption. Corn grows across borders in the Americas,
becoming symbols of migration, labor, nourishment, and abundance.
I use industrial materials such as plaster, concrete, and electricity, in harmony with corn husk,
water, palo santo, and shells. I want to swim to the edge of borders, climate disaster, and linger in
our strangeness. My work is umbilically connected to themes of female desire, sensuality, spirit,
and a striving for care.