I feel inclined to explore what happens when the line between inside/outside and public/private, is blurred. My primary tool
for doing this is the body.

People usually wish to remember only positive things from their
past, but the embarrassment, sadness, loneliness and pain remain an important part of us; leaving a strong imprint. Growing up in a Catholic family in Colombia, surrounded by danger and violence, it was expected to hide your feelings and to keep your thoughts, fears and mistakes secret. And of course the body had to remain concealed.

My youth was full of dramatic events and feelings which I
couldn’t seem to externalize. I struggled with dyslexia as well
as other serious learning disabilities and several physical
problems including malformations, which I had to have removed and an accident that left me on crutches for twenty months. Having these experiences as a teenager put a great weight over my head which now very much informs the art that I make.

My body was a big taboo, and for a long time I tried to hide it, but always with a repressed feeling of exhibitionism. Pain,
embarrassment and insecurity made me realize that our body is all we have, and if we don’t feel mentally and physically well, it is impossible to do or think about anything else. I use art to try to do something about this, using the body as my main tool to communicate.