Personas represents the various social masks that we wear as we seek belonging and community, and the deeply human connection that we all share in our most fundamental physiology of our bone structure—underneath every mask, every skin, is a skeleton uniquely human and uniquely singular in its own structure. This artwork is meant to be engaged by the public and was inspired by the art of the Mexican political cartoonist, José Guadalupe Posada. Personas is a play on the English word “persona,” understood as a social identity we enact, but also a character we play in the theatre of our lives, and the Spanish word “persona,” meaning person, individual, human. Personas is an ode to all that unites us in our most basic humanity, especially our capacity to hide behind a mask.
Mixed Media, cardboard, paper, recycled materials, and acrylic paint.
"Personas" Exhibit, Talento Bilingue Houston
"Personas" Exhibit, Talento Bilingue Houston
"Personas" Exhibit, Talento Bilingue Houston
Frida Friday, Austin, Texas
Day of the Dead Festival 2018
Frida Festival, Houston, TX
Dia de Los Muertos Festival, Market Square Plaza, 10/2019
DDLM Festival Market Square 10/2019
Frida Frida, Mask Workshop, Austin TX 11/2019
