From one Form to Another is inspired by and in honor of the depth of knowledge and wisdom preserved in Indigenous Traditional Crafts and Designs. It is also influenced by one of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory coding activities: “How to Talk to a Spacecraft”.
More specifically, this body of work is an examination of “intelligence” via communication signals and knowledge exchange systems and the ways in which various forms and elements of “writings” have been and continue to be, appropriated and in turn coded with messages that are often symbolically distorted and weaponized by those who seek power by way of domination and control.
Additionally, From one Form to Another is a critique on centuries of global brutality rooted in colonial and imperial criminality. It is an initial point of investigation, underlining the international interplay between elitist and exclusionary settler colonial fields of study and the inherently violent and corrupt institutions harboring and upholding white supremacist core ideologies, systems, structures, and foundations.
FUEGO (Mi espiritu), 2022
Acrylic, binary beads, thread, wood, on canvas
54” x 32”
AGUA (Mi sangre), 2022
Acrylic, binary beads, thread, wood, on canvas
70” x 24”
TIERRA (Mi cuerpo), 2021
Acrylic, binary beads, and thread on canvas
48” x 60”
RAICES (De donde venimos), 2021
Acrylic, binary beads, and thread on canvas
48” x 60”
LAND BACK, 2021
Acrylic on paper
24” x 18”
LANDBACK (pottery sherds), 2021
Acrylic on paper
24” x 18”
SETTLER, 2021
Acrylic on paper
14” x 17”
COLONIAL, 2021
Acrylic on paper
14” x 17”
PROJECT, 2021
Acrylic on paper
14” x 17”
VIOLENCE, 2021
Acrylic on paper
14” x 17”
SHADOWBANNING, 2021
Acrylic on paper
24” x 18”
ALGORITHMICBIAS, 2021
Acrylic on paper
24” x 18”
LASANGRERECUERDAELCAMINODELOSABUELOS, 2021
Oil on paper
24” x 18”
GENES, 2021
Oil on paper
12” x 18”
GERMS, 2021
Oil on paper
12” x 18”
HUESOS, 2021
Oil on canvas
12” x 12”
SANGRE, 2021
Oil on canvas
12” x 12”
SCALES, 2021
Oil on paper
24” x 18”
NOTES, 2021
Oil on paper
24” x 18”
TRANCE, 2021
Oil on paper
18” x 24”
DANCE, 2021
Oil on paper
24” x 18”
LIMPIA, 2021
Oil on paper
12” x 18”
ELCAMINODELOSABUELOS, 2021
Oil on paper
24” x 18”
YORECUERDO, 2021
Oil on paper
10” x 7”
NOOLVIDO, 2021
Oil on paper
10” x 7”
LACORONA, 2021
Oil on paper
24” x 18”
LALLORONA, 2021
Oil on paper
24” x 18”
MUNDONUEVO, 2021
Oil on paper
24” x 18”
FUEGONUEVO, 2021
Oil on paper
24” x 18”
ELSOL, 2021
Oil on paper
12” x 18”
LALUNA, 2021
Oil on paper
12” x 18”
TIERRA, 2021
Oil on paper
10” x 7”
MAIZ, 2021
Oil on paper
10” x 7”
HIELO, 2021
Oil on paper
10” x 7”
SANGRE, 2021
Oil on paper
10” x 7”
AGUA, 2021
Oil on paper
30.5” x 44”
TIERRA, 2021
Oil on paper
30.5” x 44”