Artist Statement

My interests are positioned at the intersections of magic, creation, ferality, and Womanhood.

I explore from a radical, Latine, feminist lens with influences of magical realism. Radical, because we must tear down oppressive, patriarchal structures of oppression and build-from the roots- a system which is equitable for all. Magic, because among its literature and dreams I heard my voice for the first time, written 5 decades before.

Scholars and authors whom I reference include Gloria Anzaldúa, Isabel Allende, and Nawaal El Saawadi, affected always by the Galician folklore and archetypes of Woman from the region that raised me.

My research is concerned with the politics of bodies and space, rebelling against loss of public spaces with the strength of feminine power and ritual . I focus on how different bodies are allowed or forbidden/restricted when existing within public and private spaces, specifically bodies of Woman. I expand on the ongoing and ever shifting manifestations of invisibilised oppressions, which affect our existence in public and private, which with the help of social media, repackage rules and proprieties necessary when performing gender as women.

And above all, I refuse to shrink