Current Work

Explorations of identity, memory, and domestic spaces while pursuing my MFA at UNC-Chapel Hill

In my current body of work, I deconstruct photographs to collage them together, transforming them into photographic objects. Strips of inkjet paper weave in and out of each other creating masks and wallpaper. Portraits are concealed with textures from my childhood. I illuminate textiles, creating photographic prints that I treat as thread. These textiles are linked to my Guatemalan ancestry, channeling the matriarchs who raised me. Through my paper weavings, I obscure my portraits with masks which exist on a pendulum of visibility. They allow the wearer to conceal their identity while simultaneously enacting a new persona. The threads of my masks extend beyond the canvas, challenging the borders of the self. This disruption invites viewers to open the vessels of their own identities.