Becoming a fossil
Created during the pandemic, these drawings were inspired by art objects and discoveries from around the world, particularly from places where my family and I have lived or are said to have come from. Each of these pieces started from puddles of water and, like fossils, aim at preserving something that remains and is remembered, bits and pieces captured within the sediments of memory and shaped by the movement of water and ink as much as the passage of time, whose meaning and predictions can only be gleaned by hypothesis, free association, or passed down stories.

Because I wanted you not to know
Video (2:29)
Drawing an erotic scene from the Sun Temple of Konark, I had the urge to wash the drawing away, to somehow get rid of the guilty pleasure of using an image so explicit and so belonging to a different time and culture, but as I poured water, the ink swirled into the present moment and told a story anew.
Wrapped (2021)
Ink and collage on paper (14.25” x 17.75”)
Riffing off of a photograph of a mummified parrot found in the Atacama Desert, believed to be the victim of an ancient poaching trade

It's Not Easy Becoming a Fossil
Video documentation 4:18