cyclic Solo Exhibition

 cyclic Solo Exhibition 

at Palo Alto College Project Space Gallery

on view through March 8, 2024

cyclic brings together painting, collage, textile, and sculptural works created in the last

decade to examine the connection between materials, processes, and themes over

time.

The reuse of materials such as up-cycled paper and vintage bedsheets eludes to

personal histories, passage of time, and rebirth. My work is process-focused and utilizes

repetition and pattern as ritual. This allows for self-soothing while navigating heavy

subject matter. My self portraits document my progress as I move through specific

healing phases. Not only does this record acknowledge the labor of healing work, it

bears witness to my own transformation and enables me to share it with others.

The image of the serpent appears often in my work and symbolizes the healing path.

Healing, like the serpent, is cyclic. It is perpetually growing, shedding, and curving back

around to face reactivated trauma with fresh new skin. Healing is frightening, but

beautiful. And sometimes, if you are patient and brave, healing will swallow you whole.

Rattling Solo Exhibition

Rattling Solo Exhibition at Sala Diaz

on view through February 23, 2024

Rattling examines the roles of ritual, creativity, and play in the healing process. Like the

segments of a serpent’s rattle, this body of work serves as a record of growth and

evidence of transformation. It makes the inner work of healing visible. This project was

made possible with the support of the City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts &

Culture.

A Rattling Invitation-

Beyond the threshold of this tiny house,

this witch’s cottage,

another world awaits.

Come in.

My spells hang in the air,

my shape shifts,

I move from material to immaterial, and back again.

Come in.

I travel on the serpent’s back, the healing path.

She showed me how to rattle.

Let me show you.

Come in.

May Your Vessel Be

 May Your Vessel Be 

for Status of Women San Antonio -  Reflections on the Pursuit of Gender Equality Group Exhibition at Culture Commons Gallery 

May Your Vessel Be, 2022

acrylic on canvas

48 x 48 inches

The nopal cactus thrives in harsh conditions. Its succulent flesh is protected with needle-like spines. It regenerates easily. These traits make the nopal cactus an ideal refuge for those in need of food, drink, or shelter. 

May your Vessel Be is a response to the domestic Violence portion of The 2019 Status of Women in San Antonio report. This artwork invokes the sacred nopal in a protections spell or prayer for women experiencing domestic violence in our city and beyond:

May your vessel be protected.

May your vessel be healed.

May your vessel be replenished.

May your vessel be.

Walking the Healing Path

 Walking the Healing Path for Threads Bare Group Exhibition at The Contemporary at Blue Star

Walking the Healing Path, 2022

leather sandals, wire, cardboard, vinyl, obsidian chips, lava beads

12 x 16 x 15 inches

serpent detail 

Cascabel and Soul Retrieval

Cascabel (serpent installation) and Soul Retrieval (owl sculpture) for 

Trauma and Response Group Exhibition at UTSA Main Art Gallery 2021

serpent scales made from nopales

serpent rattle made from maguey leaves and dried cascabel chiles

serpent skull made from lava rocks, marble chips, cascabel chile seeds, and wheat

installation view

feathers made from cornhusks

face and hand detail

 

installation view

Promesa Ongoing

Promesa Ongoing was curated by Dos Mestizx as a part of the XicanX: New Visions exhibition at Centro de Artes in San Antonio, TX. I was honored to have my work included in this powerful show.

Promesa Ongoing
dimensions variable
lava rock, marble chips, river rocks, tumbled obsidian, artificial flowers, vinyl
2020

Ofrenda for Dr. Alfonso "Chico" Chiscano at Centro de Artes Dia de los Muertos Exhibition