In my work, I combine digital elements with fibers and printing techniques in an effort to stitch
together pieces of my history like a puzzle and convey the experience of my cultural identity as it appears
to me. The mixed imagery of my family in Venezuela serves to highlight the themes of motherhood,
religion, identity, and family within Latinidad.
The practices in my work have taught me that unfounded religious worship can lead to blind devotion in other aspects of your life. The rituals passed down through several generations are mirrored by the repetition in the processes performed while creating tedious works of art such as weavings, soft sculptures, and screenprints. I use these practices to communicate how inheriting religion at a young age can complement and influence one’s expression of devotion as an adult through personal acts of faith and ritual.
I am largely inspired by the idea of seeing your mother as an omniscient figure from which you sprouted. My work explores the lives and faith of “larger than life” matriarchs that I honor – it acts as a direct response to their devotion as a testament of love. My relationship with faith is directly tied to my relationship with the women that passed it down to me; I believe in their sacrifices and blind devotion. I aim to capture the world of my youth and explore the intimate relationships with the subjects of the work. My work serves the women in my family, and the creation of each piece brings me closer to them as an act of love, devotion, and gratitude.
Combining mediums acts as a mechanism to make sense of religion and worship in the context of my life. It means something special to worship those who taught me devotion by making them the subjects of admiration through my work rather than their imposed idols. By exploring the girls who lie dormant inside the pious women that raised me, I'm able to better understand the keepers of my girlhood as well as my own identity