Artist statement

My first contact with printmaking was on the streets of Mexico City where 'Her Soul' is constantly portrayed in handmade posters glued on any surface available. My favorite of these images were the ones created by “el movimiento”, or the grass roots movement; I loved the bold expressive lines of their relief prints and the aggressiveness that spoke of social injustice. Later I learned about the close relationship between printmaking and social movements around the world, which has helped to shape my own artistic language.

I create art to help me understand and assimilate my everyday life tribulations.  In my work you will find a broad range of themes: my ludic approach to civilization, images of cultural and political history, and images that have echo my own life experiences and culture.

I am fascinated by the entire process of printmaking; first creating the plate and giving it form with my hands, then inking and discovering the shape of the carved plate, and lastly pulling prints from the press.  When I am finished with printing, the works are hung to dry: pined in rows as if they were devoted militants ready to communicate my own personal messages.