My work draws from my experience as an immigrant from Venezuela. I depict abstract forms and figures that are collaged together by intuitively juxtaposing textile materials and stitchery. These textile body iterations conjure feelings of loss and absence, and make something that was, present; while making something that is, absent. I dissect materials to investigate how humans exist in their lived bodies and outside of them. My work questions the perception of the experiences and realities of others as well as my own, the significance of objects in our lives and the meanings they encapsulate overtime.
I work primarily with textiles, found fabrics, discarded garments, paper, thread and other seemingly useless materials and objects. I explore how fabric, garments and our interactions with them can mutate overtime, making our relationships with fabric, clothes and their materiality more relevant rather than transitory and disconnected. At the intersection of material and meaning, my work layers and interweaves narratives of movement, pain, loss and separation.
The use of stitched patterns and repeated mark making parallel the repetition of movement patterns of human beings that is also found in nature’s other creatures. Embroidery and textile work are acts of quiet resistance. Working with fabric and thread allows me to slow down and contrast a world where everything moves at super speed. My recent incorporation of lens based media expands on my inquiry into the depth of being and our relationship to our surroundings.