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Born and raised in the Ledbetter neighborhood in West Dallas, I am the daughter of a Mexican immigrant and a fourth-generation Texan. Beyond the story of imposed borders, my art practice exists within the intersections of race, class, and gender, which informs my art today. My work sifts through indigenous, Mexican, and American remnants and investigates assimilation and transformation through mediums such as installation and relief printmaking.
My work for the past several years explores Dallas’s history and, most recently, how the body exists in these places with complex histories. Place and body share a kinship that I enjoy examining within the context of borders, ownership, and binaries. As the language of the body and gender experience evolves, so does the way we approach the history and story of the land.
A land acknowledgment is an integral part of my art practice. “There Was Nothing Here” is a reflection and assemblage of the place known as Dallas. In this piece, an image is visible of my childhood home built in 1910, complete with an add-on satellite dish. Overlayed is a photograph of an early documented Caddo home presumably 70 years before General Edward H. Tarrant launched his campaign of Indian removal.