My art explores transformation as a journey of peeling away layers of imposed cultures,
histories, and self-perceptions to reclaim an authentic essence. Born and raised in Uruguay,
my life was reshaped at nine, when my family fled to Canada following a coup d’état.
The abrupt displacement from familiar landscapes, language, and cultural touchstones left
a lasting impact on my sense of identity.
This uprootedness led me on a long journey of self-discovery, where I immersed myself in diverse cosmologies, cultures, and mystical traditions. In this transformative process, I reimagined
myself as a multi-layered, evolving being, rooted deeply in an innate spirituality.
Fragmentation, repair, and reintegration define this journey, reflected in my art as an
alchemical process. Grounded in a culture of necessity-driven reuse and upcycling, I incorporate discarded fabrics, local materials like lime and clay, and repurposed wood from shipping crates.
Fire acts as a catalyst, stripping elements back to their essence, leaving remnants ready to be reassembled into a higher order—revealing, in the process, an inner gold.
EDUCATION
2004-2008
OCADU, Toronto, Canada
Awards 2008
Ron Shuebrook Award, Toronto, Canada
Charles Street Video Art Award, Toronto, Canada
OCAD Faculty Lois Hathaway, Memorial Award Toronto, Canada
2013 Aperture Film Festival, Asia Pacific Ethnographic Documentary,
"Path of Light" Melbourne, Australia
Exhibitions
Solo
2023 “Rooted in the Stars”
Bougainvillaea Art Gallery,Udaipur, India
2011 ‘Ethereal Forest" Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada
Group Exhibition
2020 'Conjunction', The India Story Swabhumi, Kolkatta, India
2014' Una Gracia Mistica les Concede', Plecto Gallery Medellin, Colombia
2014'Espacio', Plecto GalleryMedellin, Colombia
2011 'Sound Circles', Gaya Art Space Ubud, Bali
2009 'Saudades for Tomorrow', Median Contemporary Toronto, Canada