Artwork Collection

(A Falta) De Pan, Tortillas

“A falta de pan, tortillas” is a Mexican refran meaning: one must adapt to any given situation despite our wishes. For immigrants, this summarizes the mindset required to start a new life in a foreign environment. This body of work is a visual... More

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Commissions

Showing a range for design through use of lens based processes. Examples of lens based processes used for commissions by local bands, and corporate companies.

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Flowers for Heinecken

Inspired by Robert Heinecken’s series "Are You Rea", this work emphasizes the multi-dimensionality and materiality of the image. Through its appropriation - this altering of perception provides new ways to experience images previously disseminated... More

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Mining For Some Sort of Continuity

Focusing on exile and the ephemeral nature of memory, the series interrogates repercussions of colonization: primarily the constraints on movement across borders. Central to this exploration is the examination of personal archives' ability to shape... More

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Miscellaneous Works

Works in a variety of styles

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NBA Collages

Basketball collages made from archival images sourced from Sports Illustrated, MLSE and the Toronto Raptors

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Photography

Photos that I took during my Thesis trip to mexico last summer which I have compiled into my book "Mining for Some Sort of Continuity". Images consist of street photography, family photos, and documenting events such as: a palenque (cock fight), a... More

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Seguimos Siendo Ayotzinapa

Focusing on the forced disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Teacher's College in Guerrero, Mexico - this work deals with the relationship between identification photos and cultural memory. Consisting of 43 portraits printed onto thermal... More

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