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In the late 70s, my family and I migrated to Miami from São Paulo, Brazil. Growing up in and amongst Cuban-Americans’, social criticism of Fidel Castro’s Communist regime gave me an appreciation of our ability to freely critique our government through art.
I later moved to the Bay Area to study fine arts at the San Francisco Art Institute. After crisscrossing the country a few times, including a stint in rural and conservative Georgia, I am now a Bay Area Artist whose work can be characterized by my drive to examine the issues faced by the United States and my tendency toward social criticism.
My family and I arrived in the States without the proper documentation to work and in our own financial crisis. In addition to factory work, my grandfather raised money as he introduced me to a game called treasure hunt as a child. The hunting was Dumpster diving, and renewed trash was sold for the treasure of cash. This thrill of ‘gifting’ with recycled goods has transferred to my conceptual art with the use of these ‘graceless’ materials. I dignify working-class items by placing them in a gallery setting, modifying the use of blue-collar ready-made objects with security functions into works of art. I transform these materials to create metaphors and caricatures as I blend realism and satire to depict current events. I reference Neo-Dada Pop Realism, and my sculptures appeal to the viewer’s inner child and the playfulness that arises. Vices, follies, abuses and shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, and irony – with idealistic intent.
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San Francisco Art Institute
B.F.A. Interdisciplinary Major
June 2002
01/08-Present Art Teacher Eldergivers San Francisco, CA
Instructed senior citizens at Central Gardens Convalescent Hospital, Laguna Honda Hospital, Nacarior’s Home Care, Western Park Apartments, Grand Sequoias and Hayes Convalescent Center in multiple mediums. Adapted art lessons to meet the individual needs of students who suffer from chronic illness including depression, dementia and sensory deprivation. Assisted student preparation for annual juried art exhibit for the community.