artist statement

In my work, I explore deeply personal themes of home and cultural identity, and reference feelings of nostalgia as well as ever-evolving expectations. As someone who left her country of birth, Venezuela, to build a new life in Texas, and once again in Angola, Africa, I am inspired to create by the places I see and visit. Through my artistic practice, I am continuously exploring what it means to embrace a new cultural identity, while also protecting the one I have brought along with me.

My works contemplate the relationship between color, lines and shapes that appear, and disappear, according to the changing light, or based on the position, and angle, of the viewer. The experience is often dynamic, pointing to the relationship between the materiality of the media, and the immateriality of light and shadow -- not unlike what it feels like to question the meaning of ‘home’ and ‘culture,’ in an unfolding search for similarity, or what is absent, in new and unfamiliar environments.