If I had to label myself as an artist, I am a Contemporary Latina Realist making nostalgic illusionistic paintings and illustrations. I work primarily in oil paint as my medium because of its workability. Through layering and glazes, I am able to create the illusion of light and how it interacts with the world. My subject matter presents itself to me through people, spaces, and objects that color my environment. Portraying my fascination with the raw unintentional curation of self-expression through clothes, decorative items, and the mood of an intimate space. My unsettling stylization emphasizes saturation of color, texture, and detail. The progression of my art started as a love for figurative painting and quickly evolved to the breakthrough; why I make art. The most prominent theme exposed was my ADHD, specifically my intense Hyperfixations, the significance of object permanence in my life, and the weight of time. My Hyper Fixations show up in my ability to zone into details, time consuming detail is prominent and consistent throughout my work. My mind does not perceive time the way neurotypicals do, if I can’t see it, I forget. I collect objects and trinkets, unable to get rid of material objects. They serve as a timeline of memories, people, or significance that I attach to them. The process of creating something permanent and tangible through painting allows me to use my hyperfixations to let go of the hold time and material objects have on me. My art is a psychoanalysis of my mind, discovering myself through the pursuit of art in a continual conviction of expression.

CV

Education

2021                BFA in Studio Art Painting and Drawing, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 

Group Exhibitions

2018                Drawing I Exhibition, College of Visual Arts and Designs Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

2019                Intermediate Figure Drawing Exhibition, College of Visual Arts and Designs Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

2019                Experimental Painting and Drawing Exhibition, College of Visual Arts and Designs Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

2020                First annual LGBTQAI+ Exhibition, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX

2021 Artovation Student Show, Texas Association of Schools of Art, Virtual

2021               Levels, Stain Gallery, Dallas Texas

2022               Annual LGBTQAI+ Exhibition, 500x Gallery, Dallas TX

2022               30 Artists Under 30 North Texas, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX

2022               Car Wash Gallery ft. 5 DFW Artists, Car Wash Gallery, Denton TX