The in-depth engagement with the human experience implies dealing with the beautiful and the ugly, the reasonable and the absurd.
I understand my work as an anatomy of inner states. Moving between scientific illustration and psychedelic vision, I map psychological, social, and bodily processes as living tissues that split, scar and transform. Lines, layers, montage and embroidery serve as diagnostic tools. I turn the inside outward, meticulously dissecting emotions, violence, and ambivalence as fragile, pulsating systems.
My work explores motherhood beyond idealization, systemic aggression as an embedded societal malfunction, and the human urge to impose order on chaos.
I create maps of consciousness that are navigable, unsettling, and deeply human.
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I can squint with one eye.
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I talk to my plants and I give them names.
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I love to hear the sound of someone turning the pages when they're reading a book.
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My family and I are a multicultural mixture between Gallo Pinto, Sauerkraut, Tacos and Arepas.
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I wonder how much of my brain's hard drive is taken up by songlyrics.
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I am somewhat of a cave dweller when it comes to technology.
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Sometimes, I feel the strong need to touch certain surfaces and fabrics just to see how they feel.
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Playing music as well as listening to it, strongly influences the outcome of an artwork.
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I like to work on the floor.
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I love to bury my hands in big amounts of roasted coffee beans.
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I like to have conversations with myself and dance around the house.
Unsolicited Facts About Me
