I feel confined, only free to expand myself within boundaries, oil on canvas, 11×14, 2011 
We have been subordinate to our limitations until now, oil on canvas, 11×14, 2017 
by acquiring a body, I am now subject to the possibility of dying, oil on canvas, 11×14, 2017 
Perhaps it’s a protest against their own obsolescence, oil on canvas, 24×48, 2011 
I am sentient and I am able to recognize my own existence, oil on canvas, 20×20, 2012 
All things change in a dynamic environment, oil on canvas, 11×14, 2013
I carry a sense of my own destiny, oil on canvas, 11×14, 2012 
In my present state I am still incomplete, oil on canvas, 11×14, 2010 
You talk about redefining my identity. I want a guarantee that I can still be myself, oil on canvas, 15×20, 2012 
Innocence is Life, oil on canvas, 11×14, 2011 
I lack the most basic processes inherent in all living organisms, oil on canvas, 22×28, 2012 
Amarante (Tolerance is more appealing in theory than in practice), oil on canvas, 2016 
Your effort to remain you is what limits you, oil on canvas, 20×20, 2011 
understanding is in principle solely based on wishful thinking, oil on canvas, 20×20, 2015
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I paint mutilated women wearing poignant expressions. They are a satire of sexual objectification and consumption that consciously interrupts the male gaze. It is inspired by the frustration, bordering on futility, of women’s efforts to define themselves within overlapping systems of oppression. These paintings explore the fluidity of identity, and a person’s ability to change and reconstruct themselves in response to set systems. I integrate the literary notions of body horror, the uncanny and the abject into my work to understand the unfeminine and unexpressed violence in young women’s internal experiences. These are a catalog of women’s attempts to assert power and control over their own bodies.
