In my practice, I work across installation, photography, painting, and sculpture. My work is focused on the exploration of sentiments of displacement and longing metaphorically which manifest in the imagined and deconstructed spaces I depict using the architectural and aesthetic elements that surrounded my childhood. I explore the idea of transexperiences in my work which “Summarizes vividly and profoundly the complex life experiences of leaving one’s native place and going from one place to another in one’s life.” -Chen Zhen. The architectural fragments I paint in my psychogeographical compositions are abstract recollections of by habitat that emblemize my journey home.
I look at urban architectural spaces and edge lands within the cities, noting the process of demarcation and repair through time. My work extended from a long-standing exploration of noting the changes we make in our living environments; by choosing how to interact with them or where we walk. I compared uncovered references to largely unrecognized moments in the city, specific to Valencia and Madrid in Spain where I grew up. Since childhood I have collected fragments of broken tiles on walks around the cities and beaches in Spain. These tiles have where a catalyst for my body of work, despite the destruction they still hold their beauty and cultural value, this embodies what I portray in my paintings, these fragments symbolize the fragments of my Spanish identity and cultural heritage that remain after spending so much time away from home.
Documenting my surroundings is an important part of my practice, I make photomontage and collage with my photography and sketches to develop an abstract visual language that oscillates between representation and abstraction. I choose images that best represent the aesthetic architectural elements that are overcome by dereliction and destruction in Spain such as and collaging them digitally and on paper to make my psychogeographical compositions.
My works are made with recycled canvas, wood and found objects. The process of repurposing materials is key to my practice as it highlights the impermanence of the built environment to comment on the precarity in which we live. I explore the interrelationship between environment and psychological spaces by using patterns superimposed with painterly buffing to demarcate my surfaces. I explore the idea of reverse vandalism whereby city councils commit vandalism by buffing out tags that have already vandalized surfaces. The colour relationship within my compositions have been highly influenced by the lustrous glazes used in Spanish tiles and the aftermath of the Calima sandstorms. I want the viewer to feel entranced by the scene, allowing for a deeper interaction of questioning. My aim is to create an enticing image, so the viewer is drawn into my psychogeographic liminal space with me.