01 The Family Gossip
01 The Family Gossip

Installation

01 The Family Gossip

Projection mapping work that documents the process of decreation

02 The Family Gossip: Stages of Rectification (1/3)
02 The Family Gossip: Stages of Rectification (1/3)

Painting

02 The Family Gossip: Stages of Rectification (1/3)

"The First Fall" Part one of the triptych

03 The Family Gossip: Stages of Rectification (2/3)
03 The Family Gossip: Stages of Rectification (2/3)

Painting

03 The Family Gossip: Stages of Rectification (2/3)

"Ascension " Part two of the triptych

04 The Family Gossip: Stages of Rectification (3/3)
04 The Family Gossip: Stages of Rectification (3/3)

Painting

04 The Family Gossip: Stages of Rectification (3/3)

"Pity or Compassion" Part three of the triptych

05 Bite My  tongue
05 Bite My tongue

Sculpture

05 Bite My tongue

A series of 12 bronze sculptures. The gradient was achieved with a patina made of liver of sulphur and ashes

Deterioration
Deterioration

Performance

Deterioration

Kinetic Film Light Sculpture

Resurrection
Resurrection

Installation

Resurrection

A painting created using my burned baptism, communion, and confirmation certificates. The documentation of the burning projected on a lace veil.

Urn Containing Ashes
Urn Containing Ashes

Sculpture

Urn Containing Ashes

A hand-turned urn containing remanents of work burned for artistic processes.

Work by

Chris Canales-Cisneros

Drawing and Painting

“My multidisciplinary approach is rooted in the practice of decreation. I burn documents and materials that are representative of homophobic ideologies and use the resulting ashes as pigment for oil...” [More]