A woman in denim overalls sitting barefoot on a white stool in her art studio. Behind her, a colorful abstract painting with red, blue, and black geometric shapes. The studio is filled with art supplies, paint cans, and canvas paintings, and the floor is covered with paint-splattered drop cloths.

My work explores a transformative abstraction through the physical and emotional process of building, breaking down, and reconstructing canvas. This process mirrors personal evolution, memory, and renewal. Originating from hand built frames and overworked layers of paint, this body of work came to reflect my journey rebuilding life as a single mother of four. Adapting to painting in intense, rapid bursts, I chose to embrace every chaotic layer as a reflection of my daily cadence and generational weight.

Visually, sharp beams of color slice through dense, splattered backgrounds like a sunrise, balancing rigid geometric boundaries with fiery mark-making. Behind these angular rays, soft twilight gradients anchor the canvas in transition, giving rise to three-dimensional Monarch butterflies and floral imagery. For me, the Monarch is both a sign of personal awakening and a sacred ancestral bridge to my mother, who was adopted at a young age and stripped of her culture. In Indigenous Mexican traditions, the Monarch carries the spirits of departed loved ones; here, it becomes an emblem of grief, honor, and the reclamation of the Indigenous identity denied to her. Echoing Tupac Shakur’s philosophy of the rose that grew from concrete, both the delicate Monarch and Minnesota wild rose are living proof that beauty, identity, and life can triumphantly emerge through even the most unyielding conditions.

Artist CV

2026

Open Streets Festival, Minneapolis, MN

B Store Mural, 5200 Bryant Ave N, Minneapolis, MN

Pillar Project at Cleveland Park, 3232 Russell Ave N, Minneapolis, MN

Cleveland Park Mural, 3232 Russell Ave N, Minneapolis, MN

2025

Open Streets Festival, Minneapolis, MN

Olympic Cafe Mural, 2117 W. Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN

The Speshel Art Show, Speshel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Not Another Art Show, Speshel Galley, Minneapolis, MN

2024

Lucy Craft Laney Library Mural, 3333 Penn Ave N, Minneapolis, MN

Hudson Yard Loft, New York City, NY

2023

Watch Us Grow Mural, 2939 Penn Ave N. Minneapolis, MN

Lucy Craft Laney Mural, 3333 Penn Ave N. Minneapolis, MN

Art Pawn, New York City, NY

2022

C/overt Operations, Virgil Catherine Gallery, Hinsdale, IL

 2021

Impending: A Life Without ISMS, Paramount Theatre, Saint Cloud, MN. 

Rituals, Mobile Art Gallery, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

 Embrace, Mural, George Floyd Square, Minneapolis, MN

 Senior Exhibition, Kiehle Gallery, St. cloud, MN

 55th Annual SCSU Juried Exhibition, Kiehle Gallery, St. Cloud, MN.

 Upper Mississippi Harvest Literary Magazine #30 St. Cloud, MN

Black metallic, multiloop sculpture with a yellow base, mounted on a dark background.
A woman on scaffolding painting a mural of large pink, purple, and white flowers on the white lower wall of a brick building. The mural depicts a row of flowers with green stems and petals in various shades of pink, purple, and white.
Living room with white sectional sofa, assorted pillows, and an art piece above with a dark wall background.
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Modern office with a large desk, black chair, and computer, positioned in front of a colorful abstract painting on the white wall. Bright natural light from tall windows shows city buildings outside.