In Migrations (2015-2018) I look deeply at the arcana of The Hanged Man. I was struck by Carl Jung’s own shorthand description of this archetype:  “Turning back [enantiodromia], powerless, sacrifice, test, proof. Face against the sky.â€Â The popular understanding of the trump, which includes models of sacrifice, suspension, conformism, and new points of view, proves a landscape rich in cultural metaphors. The root imagery originates from pittura infamante, a genre of defamatory painting displayed in public centers as a form of shaming and punishment for traitors.  It is this dislocation of the self, this suspension between places and states that resonates so deeply with my early childhood experiences as a political refugee. The series is fiercely interdisciplinary because in the studio I go wherever my curiosity, heart, and intellect decide. This portfolio showcases video, photography, sculptural interventions, drawing, and painting exploring themes of political asylum, migration, memory and cultural mythologies.
3-D Forms
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No Hiding Place Down Here, 2017
Commissioned by Seattle Arts
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No Hiding Place Down Here
Installation view
dimensions variable
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In A Green And Peaceful Neighborhood
Embroidered doilies on drone photos
13†x 17″ ea
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The Three Jose’s, 2017
graphite on distressed cotton
16″ x 16″ ea
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Cilice (Marie Claire), 2017
Horehair, white briolettes
56†x 30†x 2â€
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detail Cilice (Marie Claire)
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Beforehand/Afterwards II, 2016
Framed photo, wood chair, military blanket, embroidery
72″ x 36″ x 36″
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Boatlift, 2016
Stretched Mylar, graphite, gesso, printed onion skin
72″ x 48″ x 48″
Drawings 2017
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Border Crossing (Touch 6), 2017
Mixed Media on Mylar
24â€h x 22â€w
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Border Crossing (Touch 4), 2017
Mixed Media on Mylar
22†x 30â€
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Border Crossing (Touch 5), 2017
Mixed Media on Mylar
24â€h x 36â€w
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Border Crossing (Touch 3), 2017
Mixed Media on Mylar
24â€h x 20â€w
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Border Crossing (Touch 7), 2017
Mixed Media on Mylar
24â€h x 26â€w
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Into The Drink
gouache on paper
14″ x 11″
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Border Crossing (Touch 8)
Mixed media on paper
9″ x 12″
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Border Crossing (Touch 10)
gouache on paper
5″ x 8″
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Border Crossing (Touch 11)
gouache and pencil on paper
12″ x 11″
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Border Crossing (Touch 12)
gouache on paper
5″ x 8″
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Border Crossing (Touch 13)
gouache on paper
5″ x 8″
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Border Crossing (Touch 14)
gouache on paper
5″ x 8″
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Border Crossing (Touch 9)
gouache on paper
5″ x 8″
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Border Crossing (Touch 2)
Marker and pastel on paper
32″ x 24″
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Border Crossing (Touch 1)
graphite and carbon on paper
30″ x 24″
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Somnambulist
Mixed media on paper
30″ x 22″
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Somnambulist 3
Mixed media on paper
30″ x 22″
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Somnambulist 2
Pencil and gouache on paper
8″ x 5″
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Somnambulist 4
Gouache and marker on paper
8″ x 5″
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Somnambulist 5
Gouache on paper
8″ x 5″
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Siren’s Song
gouache on paper
5″ x 8″
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Siren’s Song 2
graphite & marker on vellum
22″ x 29″
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Siren’s Song 3
graphite & marker on vellum
29″ x 22″
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Siren’s Song 4
graphite, carbon, acrylic on vellum
22″ x 29″
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No Hiding Place Down Here, study 1
Mixed media on paper
11″ x 8″
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No Hiding Place Down Here, study 2
Mixed media on paper
11″ x 8″
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No Hiding Place Down Here, study 3
Mixed media on paper
11″ x 8″
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No Hiding Place Down Here, study 4
Mixed media on paper
11″ x 8″
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No Hiding Place Down Here, study 5
Mixed media on paper
11″ x 8″
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No Hiding Place Down Here, study 6
Mixed media on paper
11″ x 8″
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No Hiding Place Down Here, study 7
Mixed media on paper
11″ x 8″
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No Hiding Place Down Here, study 8
Mixed media on paper
11″ x 8″
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No Hiding Place Down Here, study 9
Mixed media on paper
11″ x 8″
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No Hiding Place Down Here, study 10
Mixed media on paper
11″ x 8″
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The Web (Dear Patria) 2015
Watercolor on Paper
41.5″ x 72″
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Candy On My Tongue, 2015
Watercolor on paper
30″ x 22″
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Tasty Totem, 2015
Watercolor on Paper
30″ x 22″
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Disappeared, 2015
Watercolor on Paper
30″ x 22″
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Legend of the Fall, 2015
Watercolor on Paper
30″ x 22″
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Taste Of You, 2015
Watercolor on Paper
22″ x 30″
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Double Entendre, 2015
Watercolor on Paper
30″ x 41.5″
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Migration
Mixed Media Artist Book
10â€h x 6.5â€w x 4.5â€d
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Migration (inside Chpt 1)
Mixed Media Artist Book
10â€h x 6.5â€w x 4.5â€d
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Migration (inside Chpt 2)
Mixed Media Artist Book
10â€h x 6.5â€w x 4.5â€d
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Migration (inside Chpt 2)
Mixed Media Artist Book
10â€h x 6.5â€w x 4.5â€d
Paintings 2015-2017
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Distorted Truths (Funhouse Mirror) 2017
Oils on Mylar
16″ x 16″
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Cuba Libre (Little Lie) 2017
Oils on Mylar
24″ x 18″
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Spilled Milk (Justice For All) 2017
Oils on Mylar
20″ x 16″
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The Melting Pot 2017
Oils on Mylar
20″ x 14″
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The Big Drink 4, 2017
Oils on Mylar
18″ x 24″
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The Big Drink 2, 2017
Oils on Mylar
24″ x 30″
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The Big Drink, 2016
Oils on Mylar
48â€h x 36â€w
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Totem (Sabor A Ti) 2017
Oils on Mylar
24″ x 18″
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Reaching Out, 2017
Oils on Mylar
22″ x 30″
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The Siren’s Song, 2016
Oils on Mylar
48â€h x 38â€w
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The Exodus (Safe Passage), 2016
Oils on Mylar
24â€h x 20â€w
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The Exodus (Wave After Wave), 2016
Oils on Mylar
24â€h x 18â€w
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Tidal Compass, 2017
oils on Mylar
40″ x 30″
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Wet Foot Dry Foot Dancer, 2016
Mixed Media on Mylar
40â€h x 94â€w
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Wet Foot Dry Foot Dancer, 2016
detail, left panel
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Wet Foot Dry Foot Dancer, 2016
detail, right panel
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Dancing Splashdown, 2016
Mixed Media on Mylar
40â€h x 30â€w
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Crossing The Straits 1, 2016
Oils on Cradled Wood
12â€h x 12â€w
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Crossing The Straits 2, 2016
Oils on Cradled Wood
12â€h x 12â€w
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Crossing The Straits 3, 2016
Oils on Cradled Wood
12â€h x 12â€w
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The Occultation, 2017
Marker & Oils on Mylar
30″ x 30″
Photographs 2015-2016
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Border Crossing (The Mirror)
Photograph w Salt
19″h x 13″w
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Pittura Infamante (diptych)
Photograph
19″h x 13″w
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Border Crossing (Nightshade)
Photograph
19″h x 13″w
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Border Crossing (Exposed Torso 2)
Photograph
13″x 19″
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Border Crossing (Exposed Torso)
Photograph
19″h x 13″w
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Border Crossing (Exposed)
Photograph
13″ x 19″
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Border Crossing (Frontier)
Photograph
13″h x 19″w
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Border Crossing (Exposed 2)
Photograph
13″h x 19″w
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Still 1, Mi Fidel performance
Photograph
13″h x 19″w
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Still 2, Mi Fidel performance
Photograph
13″h x 19″w
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Still 3, Mi Fidel performance
Photograph
13″h x 19″w
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Beforehand/Afterwards 2015
Photograph of performance
19″ x 13″
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Beforehand/Afterwards Too
Photograph
19″h x 13″w
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Exodus 1 (Mariel Boatlift)
Photograph w Carbon
19″h x 13″w
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Exodus 2 (Mariel Boatlift)
Photograph w Carbon
19″h x 13″w
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Exodus (The Mirror) 2015 Pigment Ink print
24″ x 22″
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Exodus (Lunation) 2015 Pigment Ink print
19″ x 13″
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Exodus (Akimbo) 2015 Pigment Ink print
19″ x 13″
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Fuse (Happy)
Photograph w Carbon
28″h x 26″w
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Fuse (Happy 2)
Photograph w Carbon
28″h x 26″w
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Fuse (Sadness)
Photograph w Carbon
28″h x 26″w
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Fuse (Sadness 2)
Photograph w Carbon
28″h x 26″w
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Fuse (Anger)
Photograph w Carbon
28″h x 26″w
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Fuse (Surprise)
Photograph w Carbon
28″h x 26″w
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Fuse (Fear)
Photograph w Carbon
28″h x 26″w
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Fuse (Disgust)
Photograph w Carbon
28″h x 26″w
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Fuse (Contempt)
Photograph w Carbon
28″h x 26″w
Films 2018-2015
The Unraveling, single channel video, 6:54, 2017
For What It’s Worth, single channel video, 3:25, 2017
Border Crossing, single channel video, 2:31, 2015
The New Colossus, single channel video, 4:28, 2015
GTMO The White Rose, single channel video, 2:15, 2015
Mi Fidel, single channel video, 6:56, 2015
Mi Patria Querida (My Dear Homeland), single channel video, 3:39, 2015