About
My work is a call to action, using a post-apocalyptic aesthetic to provoke reflection on mortality and the consequences of our actions against nature and each other. I create speculative worlds where nature and discarded technology merge in a struggle for survival—a future where animals and plants are forced to adapt to the remnants of humanity's waste.
My practice is interdisciplinary and undisciplined. I combine traditional fine arts techniques—metal casting, jewelry fabrication, ceramics, printmaking, and painting—with digital tools including CNC machines, laser cutters, 3D printers, LEDs, and programmable systems like Arduino. I use whatever materials or technologies the vision demands to create what I call a Neo-Rasquache futuristic aesthetic: an expansion of the Rasquache tradition of resourcefulness through contemporary fabrication.
This approach is deeply rooted in a childhood of repurposing objects out of necessity. While the term Rasquache has often been used derogatorily to mean "low-class," my work reclaims it as a powerful aesthetic of resourcefulness, resilience, and resistance. It's about making do with what's available and finding beauty and value in what others might see as disposable or unwanted.
Through sculpture, I explore these themes most directly, but my work in metals and 2D arts also addresses questions of identity and nationalism, examining how we construct meaning from fragments of cultural and technological history.
