Charro

  This large-scale outdoor sculpture references antlers, horns, archways, and spurs in its form and a traditional Oaxacan textile pattern on its surface....

Social Observatory

Minor Landmark

  In collaboration with artists Ben McQuillan and Yumi Janairo Roth, we created this work while in residence at Galerie Klatovy-Klenova in the Czech Republic. This project is our attempt to translate a small town’s cultural landscape while trying to connect to the village of Klenova....

Drawings / Sketches

Piñata Hide

This object is a remix of the birthday piñata ritual and the animal hide hunting trophy. I covered a life-size silhouette of a donkey hide in tissue paper, cut and pasted using the same technique applied to the surface of piñatas....

Staking Claim

  Ongoing series of actions using hand-made flags to subvert the power of claiming land/place....

Between a Rock

  Ongoing series of altered stones that act as unusual, unfamiliar placemarkers or wayfinders in the landscape....

Tea Hive

  Tea Hive is an intimate gathering space designed for the HMR Pollinator Project in the St. Croix River Valley. Built to resemble a traditional pergola with the mission of the Pollinator Sanctuary initiative in mind, this structure is informed by the architecture of ceremonial tea...

Printed Media

  Project Details (top to bottom)   MAMA BIRD, 2020 Nepantla is a Nahuatl word used for the borderlands and in Chicano studies and culture, it refers to being in an inbetween state. As a nepantlera myself, I appreciate the suburbs as a sort of borderland that bridges urban...

Backyard Collection

  Backyard Collection is an experiment in conjuring artifacts from my childhood to explore the intersection of place and identity. My memories com from first-hand experience, re-told stories, Kodak photographs, and a singular reel of home movie footage. This project focuses on the significant objects captured...