About me
I am a visual artist working in photography, video, archive, performance and body art, and research-based practice. I'm based on the border between Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico and San Diego, USA. My life on the border--always in between--gives me an interest in the ways photography, archives and the visual image participate in the construction of narratives of place, nation and belonging. In my practice, I explore the relations of power/knowledge that shape these narratives.
My current project uses family archives, documentary photographs, maps, and historical documents to situate my settler family history in relation to Dakota lands and the colonial history of Minnesota. Historic sites, commemorated by monuments and state parks represent sites of struggle over meaning and mark-making in the land. I use performance documentation of physical actions with my hands and my body to engage with the archive and geographical place as sites of invention and negotiation, implicating the artist in the recodification of meaning.
I earned my MFA in Art & Design at San Diego State University in 2025. I studied Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and completed specialized studies in contemporary art and photography in the independent Program of Contemporary Photography (PFC) in Mexico, under the direction of the late Javier Ramírez Limón. I have exhibited my photographs and videos in Mexico and Latin America, the United States and Europe. I have lived inTijuana, Baja California, Mexico since 2011.
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