{from press release)
These bendable, interactive sculptures are symbols of the resilience of human condition in the face of adversity. As part of nature, we can resist, regrow and reshape.
Bulbfest 2019 is a two-day festival that will highlight the ruggedly beautiful landscapes of the Albany Bulb with dance performances and new art installations.
The Albany Bulb is a city park at a former construction debris landfill surrounded by spectacular views of San Francisco Bay. The Albany Bulb has long been known for informal sculpture and art. Love the Bulb, a community arts organization is presenting this festival to highlight the value of this endangered and uniquely Bay Area space for the imagination.
The theme of the festival this year is Resilience. The performances and art installations will explore the resilience of nature in the face of climate change and sea level rise as well as human resilience in the face of individual and societal changes. The works have been selected through an open call process, with the help of a jury consisting of local professionals in the fields of arts, education, activism and urban design.
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Why does the snake ware feathers?
Polystyrene Foam, Polyurethane Foam, Aluminum Wire, Nails, Paint
2019
Installation for the group show Funk ain’t Dead curated by Matt Goldberg at Root Division.
July 11 to August 11, 2018
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Sarah Hotchkiss article for KQED, click here
Sculptures crated for the group show Orium II at Aggregate Space Gallery.
June 2018
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(Photo 1 to 5)
Temporary Public Sculpture Installation for How Weird Street Fair 2018, The Art Alley, curated by Doug Rhodes.
Dancer Jacqui Ray
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(Photo 6 to 9)
Public Sculpture Installation at Albany Bulb, Richmond, CA. 2018
Collaboration With Melodi Blaze aka Snip Tease.
Solo Exhibition at Red Poppy Art House, curated by Elena Mancarelli.
March 19th- April 14th, 2018
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Photo Courtesy of Alex Molinari
Sign Transcript
When I was a child I used to spend my vacations in a small town in the Colombian Caribbean coast where my grandparents had a tiny apartment. Every day my grandparents got my cousins and I ready to go to the beach, and covered our bodies in sunblock and insect repellent, knowing that city kids have very fragile skin. The hot and humid weather and the salty smell of the port and fishery are engrained in my memory. Under the beating sun dozens of flies would come and swarm around us attracted to the sugar in our soda cans and the sweat in our skins. Despite my constant efforts to keep them off me, their conviction always outweighed mine. Whether I was playing in the sand, taking a nap, or having a snack, the constant buzz would disrupt my activities to the point that I was swinging my arms in the air and swatting at my face. It was really unnerving, and I always wondered why my grandfather could just sit there, calm and undisturbed. So one day I got the courage to ask him, “How come you aren’t bothered by the flies?”
And he responded, “What flies? There are no flies here!” and continued gazing calmly at the horizon. Now, more than twenty years later and thousands of miles from home, I still wish I had the same capability to ignore unnerving and persistent botherances. The smart phones in our pockets are constantly buzzing like omnipresent flies. News about massacres, natural disasters, and imminent wars are combined with the FOMO and the need for likes, that causes anxiety and depression among a phone-addicted population. So I find myself in the same situation I was in years ago, trying to ignore something that is impossible to ignore, swatting aimlessly at the air, while repeating to my self as if it was a mantra “¡Aquí no hay moscas!
(Prop commission)
Prop for Short Film by Alfredo Domador.
Silicon, Flexible Polyurethane Foam, Armature Wire.
2017
Series of Ceramic Shelters, scale variable.
Ceramic, Glaze.
2017
Series of Self-portraits, scale and medium variable.
The series has been part of the Group Show and Magazine Issue ‘Creep’ curated and published by DopeDopeDope at The Growlery, 2017. Press Release, click here.
It has also been shown as a Public Sculpture Installation for the How Weird Street Festival in 2017, at the Art Alley, curated by Doug Rhodes.
It has also been shown as a Public Sculpture Installation for NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences 2017, curated by Betty Bigas and Cate Van Dyke.
Series of Ceramic Heads, scale variable.
Ceramic,Glaze.
2016
Installation created in collaboration with Evan Brounstein and Nolan Sheehan Jankowski for NoRoof Gallery.
2015
Photos by Kathryn Barulich.
Sculpture Series, SFAI, 2015
Video Performance, SFAI, 2015
Sculpture and Found Objects Installation, SFAI, 2014
Series of hardwood sculptures, dimensions variable, 2013.
2012
Temporary Public Sculpture Installation for Stereo Picnic Festival, Bogota,2012.
Collaboration with the artist Felipe Ruiz.
Furniture and painting series for the group show Hipermercarte at Casa Cuadrada Gallery, Bogota, 2012
Solo show at La Residencia, Bogota, 2011.
Functional Sculpture, Mural, Video.
