|
Me and My WORK
Painting and sculpting. Ceramics and Installation Born in Santiago, Chile, South America. Raised and educated in Chile, Argentina and Canada. Living and working on Sto:lo Territory, Agassiz, BC. I juggle an art practice with day/seasonal/organic agricultural work and arts sector volunteering. Now, Biochar is my muse. By making charcoal experiments with the remains of consumed foods – spent coffee grounds, egg shells, burned toast – I play with the qualities of each substance to develop both mediums to work with and content for my artwork. By creating paints using organic binders made from soya milk, seaweed and eggs, I am keeping alive old techniques, learning, and re imagining ways of making art. |
|
Me and Other's People's WORK
In my 30-year-long art career, I’ve been fortunate to work as a studio technician for many artists while maintaining my own artistic practice. The combination of working for myself and others has allowed me learn to work with many media and be influenced by artists from all over the world. Living here on the West Coast of Canada has greatly influenced my practice: from addressing politics and climate change, to studying bird extinctions, and to relating to the Northwest Coast art forms, both historical and modern.
Since 1989, I have worked for indigenous and Contemporary West Coast artists such as Bill Reid, George Rammell, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Rebecca Belmore, Susan Point, James Hart and Don Yeomans. My primary work for these artists was the production of rubber moulds and castings in various materials, carving and painting. I have worked for the Vancouver Art Gallery as a painter on the Michael Lin Mural Project, the Vancouver Film Industry as a sculptor and Props maker and as a sessional instructor at Emily Carr University and The Art Institute of Vancouver.
