Projects
Materials as memory vessels — six interconnected research areas exploring how earth, glass, grain, light, and fiber hold and carry memory across different speeds of time.
Natural Pigments & Earth Colors
I extract pigments from earth, minerals, and plants at each location — grinding stones, sifting soils, boiling roots. These raw pigments become paintings that function as maps of the earth and sea, combined with historical binders like Gum Arabic, Funori red algae, and rabbit skin glue.
Training
Polke Fine Arts, Mexico City (2023, 2025) · London Pigments, London (2023)
Related Works
Algae and Dust · Traces of You · Colored Memories · Rise II
Glass — Frozen Time
Glass is frozen time. Molten glass traps air bubbles — permanent archives of breath at the moment of making. Cast glass sculptures installed among Svalbard's glaciers explored the parallel between geological ice and handmade glass. Glass sculptures of rice and corn featured at MNEMOSIS and Salon ACME (KOIK Contemporary, 2026).
Training
Berlin Glass (2022–2024) · Berlin Flame Studio · UrbanGlass, Brooklyn · 15 courses
Related Works
An Attempt to Empty My Mind · Blooming Seeds · Arctic Circle installations · MNEMOSIS glass sculptures
Bioplastics — Decaying Time
Sculptures from cornstarch, agar-agar, and gelatin — materials that decompose and transform over months. At The Material Way (Copenhagen), I developed a practice of cooking sculptural material from local grains, treating the studio like a kitchen. The resulting bioplastic sheets carry the textures and smells of their ingredients.
Training
The Material Way, Copenhagen (2024–2025) · Genspace Mycelium Sculpture, NYC (2025)
Related Works
Weaving Memories · The Material Matter installation · Mycelium sculptures
Alternative Photography — Light-Speed Time
Chemigrams, cyanotypes, anthotypes, watergrams, and photograms — each writes with light in a different temporal register. I layer beeswax onto photographic surfaces, creating tactile membranes. "Attempt to Empty My Mind" photogram series was featured at MNEMOSIS (KOIK Contemporary, 2026).
Training
Penumbra Foundation, NYC · Alternative Processes, Tuscany (2025) · Darkroom Fiasco, Berlin (2024)
Related Works
A Mountain with Wings · The Arctic Landscape · Attempt to Empty My Mind photograms · MNEMOSIS (KOIK, 2026)
Natural Dyes & Textiles
Working with master dyers in Oaxaca maintaining pre-Hispanic traditions — cochineal, indigo, palo campeche, marigold. Handmade cotton woven on backstrap looms. Natural dye canvases featured at Salon ACME no.13 (2026) alongside glass and bioplastic works.
Training
TEXERE Residency, Oaxaca · Natural Dye Making, Argentina
Related Works
Oaxaca Landscape · Recollections in Oaxaca · Palo Campeche Dreams · Salon ACME natural dye canvases
Ecological & Food-Based Materials
Investigating the intersection of food, ecology, and art-making. "Memories of Corn" ritual dining experience (KOIK Contemporary, Dec 2025) — Korean-Mexican fusion meal with bioplastic sculpture making for 15 guests. Developing research through The Gramounce altMA on food as artistic medium.
Training
The Gramounce altMA (2025–2027) · ZHdK Ecological Practice, Zurich (2025) · The Canopy Program, NYC (2025)
Related Works
Memories of Corn and Rice (Salon ACME) · Memories of Corn ritual dining (KOIK, 2025)
Ongoing
This research continues through The Gramounce altMA (2025–2027), exploring the intersection of food, ecology, and art-making.