myself through two distinct,
but related bodies of work.
One body of work attempts
to resolve the conflict
between my individual identity
and cultural identity, whereas

the other relishes in their
struggle to coexist.

The pieces executed in yarn
and string are meditative
works that deal with the
sublime. They attempt to
resolve my fascination and
obsession with the romantic
appeal of M theory (a parent
of string theory that
maintains everything is
connected)
with the disjointed nature of
my identity and relationships.

The more representational
pieces in my second body of
work comment on and mostly
satirize my Catholic
upbringing and Hispanic
identity. In response to who
I consider
myself to be, independent from
the religious institution and
the cultural classification,
this work doe not attempt to
reconcile anything but exists
more as light-hearted,
ironic commentary.
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