black gesso and acrylic on collaged canvas, white and brown butcher paper. 2021

43.5inx71in,

Genealogy is the study of family origins and history, literally meaning race and family theory. This summer I dived into the rabbit hole that is Ancestry.com. I went 7 generations back in my family and discovered church documents, legal documents from the US, and US-Mexican border documents. Coming from a lineage of Mexican and Chicano descent, I was able to uncover great aunts and uncles’ names that have been passed down through my maternal and paternal grandparents.

Traditionally, on both sides of my family, aunts, uncles, cousins, and family friends come together to recount stories and jokes from generations past.

The sculpture and painting are all visual re-enactments of those stories and jokes that I will continue to pass onto my legacy.

Sculpture. 2021

26inx37in