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My work is an ongoing act of accumulation—of marks, materials, memories, and histories. Shaped by the intensity of cities like Caracas and New York, and rooted in the legacy of Process Art and Abstract Expressionism, I embrace unpredictability, layering, and repetition as tools for transformation. Paintings and installations unfold through saturation and erasure, resisting final resolution while building complexity over time.
Growing up in Venezuela, the optical and spatial experiments of artists like Soto, Cruz-Diez, Otero, and Gego informed my sense of movement, perception, and structure, while the improvisational spirit of Caracas, its urgency, resilience, and resourcefulness, continues to guide how I approach both process and material. I often incorporate found objects, construction remnants, and fragments of place into my work, embedding labor and environment directly into the surface. Rather than aiming toward a fixed idea, I follow intuitive gestures; letting each mark, scrape, or addition redirect the work and allowing chaos and order to coexist where randomness gives rise to rhythm, and meaning emerges through the act of making. |