Using art to communicate, my art reflects my childhood memories and the impact of the political turmoil of the country of Nicaragua and the dreams I once had. I explore these memories and how they poisoned my overall emotional status since 2018. When facing such a large issue, like
a change in a country's political status, I found everyone in my community (including myself) feeling lost and powerless. In a time when many turned to anger and were killed, I lost parts of myself and wanted to express the feeling of being lost through art. Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua's “President”, and Rosario Murillo (Vice-President) came into power
and changed the political party system to a full on regime of Sandinistas. As they closed down schools, silenced the press, and killed protesters, my art took the form of prints and photography. These two mediums in specific were chosen because they can be mass produced and were
throughout the 2018 protests. Being raised in Nicaragua, seeing my country lose most of its progress, economically and socially, I began to lose memories of happy times, replaced by those of horror. Now my work is mostly in black and white as the memories in my head are similarly
stark. In most of my work you can also see the color red; throughout many of my pieces it signifies important emotions, reactions, and passion. The color red can vary from being about anger, love, blood, and death. As my work progresses I hope to engage the audience and inform them about
my country's entrapment. Although most of my work is meant for mass production I now do only one print and build off of it. This change in my work came after I realized that if I wanted to keep going back (to
Nicaragua) I would have to be discreet. I also recognize that there will come a day where my art will evolve and I will not be allowed back in and I have made peace with that. My work recently has been moving into an interactive series. By allowing the audience to engage with my work I
have found that they form a stronger emotional connection to it, regardless if they have lived through a war or not. Now, as I have had time to process what has happened, I am grieving the memories I once had. I am healing parts of myself by telling my story, and creating new work in
sculptures. The foundation of my artistic inspiration comes from the utmost love for my country, people, and culture. To suddenly lose these pillars of life all at once has been devastating. To make art is to speak and I wish to never be silent, compliant, or tame.