My work is a socio-archaeological inquiry into my immediate surroundings. I observe details in my local environment and daily life, and then focus on them in ways that reveal the idiosyncrasies of human nature and the contradictions inherent to our contemporary lifestyle.
I live and work in Panama City, Panama. In 1991 I received a Masters degree in biology from the University of Kansas (USA) and in 2002 earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore). In 2002 I did a residency at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine.
I participated in the 51st Venice Bienniale in 2005, in the Arsenale exhibition as well as in the exhibition of the Italo-Latin American Institute. I have also shown my work at Espacio Mínimo, Madrid (2023), Night Lights Denver (2023); Tate St. Ives (2021); Casa América, Madrid (2021); la Bienalsur, Buenos Aires (2021); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panamá (2021); Diablo Rosso, Panamá (2020); Museo Carrillo Gil, CDMX (2020); Another Space, NY (2020); Signs and Symbols, NY (2020); The Met Breuer, NY (2019); Fridman Gallery, NY (2019); The Centro Cultural la Moneda, Santiago, Chile (2018); the Asunción Biennale, Paraguay (2015); Perez Art Museum, Miami (2014); Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto (2013); the Museo de la Ciudad, Cuernavaca, Mexico (2013); Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California (2011); El Museo del Barrio, NY (2011); The Prague Contemporary Art Festival (2008); Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro (2007); the 3rd Auckland Triennial (2007); Centraal Museum, Utrect, Netherlands (2006); and Istanbul Modern Art Museum (2006).
In 2023 I was included in Phaidon's book Latin American Artists from 1785 fo Now. In 2022 I was awarded an Anonymous Was A Woman grant. And in 2007 I received a grant for emerging Latin American artists from Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO). My work is in recognized collections such as el Banco de la República de Colombia, Daros Latinamerica (Zurich), Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Art Foundation (Miami), Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY).
Since 2006 I have made many videos in collaboration with Jonathan Harker. We have exhibited our collaborations widely, in solo shows at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Panamá (2023); Museo Rayo, Roldanillo, Colombia (2019); Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan (2018); Kadist, San Francisco (2018); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima (2018); NuMu en Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2018); Diablo Rosso Gallery, Panama (2015); Washington Project for the Arts (2015); DesPacio, San José, Costa Rica (2014); Espacio Mínimo Gallery, Madrid (2014); El Nuevo Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (NuMu), Guatemala (2014); TEOR/éTica, San José, Costa Rica (2009); Samson Projects, Boston (2007); as well as group shows at the Rubin Center for the Visual Arts (2024); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (2023); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2022); Americas Society, NY (2022); Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (2020); Casa Luis Barragán, CDMX (2019); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY (2014); El Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica (2014); Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2013); Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (2012); and Palais du Tokyo, Paris (2009).
We have also participated in events and biennials such as Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, Los Angeles (2017); Prospect New Orleans (2017); the Bienniale of the Americas, Denver (2015); the 43rd Salón (Inter)Nacional de Artistas, Medellín, Colombia (2013); the 8th Mercosur Biennale, Porto Alegre, Brazil, (2011); Pontevedra Biennale, Spain (2010) and the 10th Havana Biennale (2009).
In 2010 we were awarded a Harpo Foundation grant to develop new collaborative work to be exhibited at Teor/éTica in San José, Costa Rica. Our collaborations are included in several public collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Tate Modern (London), Queensland Art Gallery – Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane); the Kadist Art Foundation (Paris/San Francisco), and the Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo (Santiago de Compostela).
My work is represented by Diablo Rosso, Panamá and Espacio Mínimo, Madrid.