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Ancestors are always with us. Death is not an end but rather a gateway to the realm that is the afterlife. After experiencing the Dia de los Muertos celebration in Oakland, I felt inspired to create a drawing that captured my sentiments on the celebration and tradition.  The skull is reminiscent of a skull mask I saw an Azteca dancer wear while they danced in ceremony in celebration of Dia de los Muertos. I remember feeling gravitated to this dancer's beautiful traditional attire, but I could not stop gazing at their mask.  The mask stood out to me perhaps because it was a...

I explored collaging in 2021 with a piece titled ‘Salida’ where I collaged portions of journal entries and drawings onto a canvas. I recently had the opportunity to delve into this technique again and this time I was challenged to use pages from various magazines. This is a new medium that I’m interested in exploring more within my practice.In my process I applied one of the essential facets of my art practice, which I call ‘El Arte De Presencia’.El Arte De Presencia is where I practice the release of all preconceptions pertaining to perfectionism, this gives me the leeway to...

#NUWAVEMAYAN sketch of the day Today I launched #nuwavemayan sketch of the day on instagram. It's a way to share insight into my creative mind with the masses. The foundation of my art practice starts with a sharpie marker to paper, drawing is my favorite way to immerse myself within my creative flow. To challenge myself within my practice I decided to establish a ritual of sharing my creativity by posting a sketch of the day once a week for a period of time.Sharing the foundation of my creative process is a great reminder to self on the importance of...

FEAR OR FANTASY I created this piece for the Fear or Fantasy exhibition curated by artist Asa Kennedy. The prompt, to create work touching on your fears or fantasies. I decided to play on both. I took this prompt as an opportunity to be experimental in my creative process, contemplating how vulnerable I wanted to be. This led me to turn towards my journals. I’ve kept journals for the past couple of years where I write my most vulnerable thoughts, emotions, insights, ideas, and drawings. A gateway into my psyche.   PROCESO Deciding to push my comfort zone, I searched...

I created this mold casting from a gift my mother brought home to me from El Salvador. I casted this object because it is a reminder of my roots. In the molding process, the original rattle was stripped of its paint and I could only faintly see where it was etched with the words ‘El Salvador’. It reminded me of what my parents went through to immigrate to the United States. Their homeland, stripped away, to survive they fled El Salvador in the early 80’s to escape the Salvadoran Civil War, financed by the United States. As they were trying...