STATEMENT
I make art that explores the meeting points between social class, Caribbean identity, and landscape. Having grown up between an urban barrio and the rural countryside of the Dominican Republic, I translate those experiences into a maximalist visual language—expressive, vibrant, and emotionally charged. My work celebrates the beauty and resilience that emerge from instability and collective strength.
Through painting, sculpture, and film, I reflect on how the environment and identity are built, and how they shape each other. I think materials as layers that carry symbolic weight—sand, charcoal, and construction fragments are some that quietly echo my early encounters with labor and making. These materials act as a bridge between memory and the physical world, grounding my imagery in both the social and the spiritual.
My paintings are dense and dynamic, often portraying people inhabiting spaces of joy, rebellion, or rest. Rebellion becomes an act of recovery—a gesture toward equality and belonging. In film, I experiment with layered montage and rhythm, influenced by experimental and collage cinema that questions consumerism and the spectacle of modern life.
At its core, my work examines the relationship between ethics and aesthetics—how beauty, freedom, and power coexist in fragile tension. I want my art to offer spaces of recognition and possibility, where viewers can sense both resistance and release, and where the imagination becomes a path toward collective renewal.
Through painting, sculpture, and film, I reflect on how the environment and identity are built, and how they shape each other. I think materials as layers that carry symbolic weight—sand, charcoal, and construction fragments are some that quietly echo my early encounters with labor and making. These materials act as a bridge between memory and the physical world, grounding my imagery in both the social and the spiritual.
My paintings are dense and dynamic, often portraying people inhabiting spaces of joy, rebellion, or rest. Rebellion becomes an act of recovery—a gesture toward equality and belonging. In film, I experiment with layered montage and rhythm, influenced by experimental and collage cinema that questions consumerism and the spectacle of modern life.
At its core, my work examines the relationship between ethics and aesthetics—how beauty, freedom, and power coexist in fragile tension. I want my art to offer spaces of recognition and possibility, where viewers can sense both resistance and release, and where the imagination becomes a path toward collective renewal.