Portfolio > The Body

Our Mountains Came Down and His Gods Became My Gods
Archival digital prints and wood
60” x 15”
2014
Não Preciso da Prova, Je Suis Perdu
(No Need of Proof, I Am Lost),
Mixed media on canvas: Silver gelatin prints, leaves, beeswax, and wood
50” x 30”
2014
Confession Without A Priest (three views)
Mixed media on silver gelatin prints, thread, ink, fabric, wood, and candle
12” x 8” x 4.5”
2015
Purgatorio para los Dioses I
Silver gelatin prints and wood
20" X 22"
2009
Purgatorio para los Dioses II
Silver gelatin prints and wood
20" X 22"
2009
Purgatorio para los Dioses III
Silver gelatin prints and wood
20" X 22"
2009
Purgatorio para los Dioses IV
Silver gelatin prints and wood
20" X 22"
2009
Chosen Personas
4.5' X 6'
2006
Secreto a Voces
2.5' x 14'
2006
Secreto a Voces
14" X 12"
2006
Secreto a Voces
14" X 12"
2006
Secreto a Voces
14" X 12"
2006
Secreto a Voces
14" X 12"
2006
Metamorphosis
C Print
20" X 24"
2002
Slave of Sorrows
C Print
20" X 24"
2002
Queen of Sorrows
C Print
20" X 24"
2002
Secreto a Voces
14" X 12"
2006
Personification of a Memory
C Print
20" X 24"
2002
Dream of a Dreamer
C Print
20" X 24"
2002
Looking Back for the Self
C Print
20" X 24"
2002
Mexican Messiah
C Print
20" X 24"
2002
Cycle of a Blessing
C
20" X 24"
2002
Ancient Light
C Print
20" X 24"
2002
Blended Memory
C Print
20" X 24"
2002
Blind Ruler
C Print
20" X 24"
2002
Judgment Day
C Print
20" X 24"
2002

Plasticity, in physics, is described as the deformation of a material undergoing non-reversible changes of shape in response to an applied force. This concept resonates deeply within my artwork, both conceptually and physically. Individuals constantly (re) create and (re) define their identity by the way of the passing of time, new experiences and relationships. In similar ways my prints go through changes with different degrees of molding, cutting, burning, stretching, sewing, and the application of paint or ink before they become finished pieces.

In addition to the landscape/place, the body is where personal histories happen – bearing witness to the most transforming of histories for the individual. In my work the body is used as a place that is meant to be occupied and where memories/ histories are created – the body is both a vehicle and a destination. This work aims to explore histories dealing with identity within the greater cultural and social environments, commenting on acculturation, religion, gender, social constrains, and injustices; all of these anchored in the use of the body/place as a way to explore how the individual constructs different identities and functions in a postcolonial, multifaceted, and diverse environment.