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There are many forms in which an artist works; for me my work is a way to record my unique individual experiences throughout my lifetime, depicting everyday occurrences and past experiences, addressing contemporaneous issues specific to the human condition. As my life continues to change so will the content behind my artwork.
Weaving between different forms of media or disciplines offers inspiration, I reflect in my own style, observations and experiences of my life. Dependent upon the concept behind each project the approach will alter, using my knowledge of artist materials and tools.
Previously I created the series of works entitled 'Peeling Off the Skin of Childhood' which explored the awkward transition from childhood into adulthood, focusing on the phrases used by parents to discipline their children by implying a sense of fear: 'se te van a salier los ojos/your eyes are going to fall out' and 'te voy a lavar la boca con javon/wash your mouth out with soap.' Following this I created 'Milk-ed,' a series of figurative heads attached to udders where the bodies should be, accompanied by the faint sounds of suckling portraying the sensation of constantly being milked and exploited.
During my artist residency at the Archie Bray Center for Ceramics Arts in Helena, Montana, I had the chance to reconsider my work in a fresh light and challenge myself by creating what I feel is some of my most intriguing and innovative work to date. In being able to move from the traditional notion of clay work to simply using the medium as a tool to express the concept, with the addition of digital mediums, opened a door to new and exhilarating projects and ideas.
At the Archie Bray Foundation I was able to create and set up 'Soy Yo,' a permanent installation that consisted of 500 porcelain black and white doilies mounted on the ceiling of an outdoor structure. 'Soy Yo' dealt with reminisces of home, the idea of an ideal domesticity and the memories of the home as a child.
Simultaneously completing the residency at the Archie Bray Foundation and receiving
a fellowship to travel through Europe to explore contemporary ceramics, offered me an opportunity to further expand my knowledge of the medium and the concepts behind my own work. Visiting London in 2002, I was able to create a body of work that incorporated new mediums such as custom-made decals and apply my skills in digital arts. During that period, my work was featured at the St. Ives International Ceramica Festival, with a solo exhibition at the Burton Art Gallery that showcased numerous ceramics objects and a 40-foot ceramic installation with sound entitled 'Dicen que te quieren' ('They say that they love you').
My most recent work Otra Vez Series deals with the fusion between my sculptural production and my drawing and painting work I began to combine decals and draw and paint directly onto the works themselves. Being able to create a relationship between the object and the surface itself offered a greater depth to the work, presenting a secondary dimension in which to immerse the viewer, beyond the physical item, its linear trajectory interspersed with patterns and shapes on the surface.
Moving away from representing the human form in a conventional manner has brought a new freedom to my work. In re-interpreting the human figure in this way, I'm able to create forms that de-mystify the body and create a physical continuity between the inner intangible and outer tangible aspects of the human form, erasing features, subtracting limbs, expanding the scale, moving beyond the familiar. By changing what nature dictates and erasing the boundaries of what the natural world intended has taken my vision to another level, exploring new ways to extend the body in sculpture, and in so doing creating a world that reaches beyond the physical and into a world of ideas.
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Para Los Desaparecidos,
46cm x 58cm x 38cm
hand built stoneware/underglazes |
Hidden Inside
5cm x 25cm x 8cm
hand built stoneware/underglazes |
Desaparecidos
43cm x 25cm x 20cm
hand built stoneware/underglazes |
Sin Sentido
20cm x 47cm x 28cm
hand built stoneware/underglazes |
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Diminished
34cm x 61cm x 28cm
hand built stoneware/underglazes |
Attached
6cm x 21cm x 12cm
hand built stoneware/underglazes |
Osico de Animal,
60cm x 80cm
graphite on paper |
Inside Animal,
60cm x 80cm
graphite on paper |
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Glacial Residue
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