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Through the exploration of the figure, nature and the built environment, my work emerges from the social and cultural issues that confront us today. 

2017 Mujeres de Abril

Blog on the project can be found here. Installation created on-site while artist in residence at El Museo Del Barrio.

1. Installation -"Anatomy of a Dictator" graphite on paper, 44" x 54"
1. Installation -"Anatomy of a Dictator" graphite on paper, 44" x 54"

Installation indicating several of the 65 images created to document the Trujillo and the post-Trujillo era. Political images tell the story of the events leading to the Dominican Revolution, the participants and what happenned when it was all over.

 

 

2. "El Comandante", 9" x 12", ink & glue on aged album paper.
2. "El Comandante", 9" x 12", ink & glue on aged album paper.

One of several "family album" images showing Trujillo in military uniform.

 

 

3. "Johnny Abbes", 9" x 12", ink & glue on aged album paper.
3. "Johnny Abbes", 9" x 12", ink & glue on aged album paper.

Trujillo's head of secret service.

 

 

4. "Sosua Kibbutzim", 9" x 12", ink & glue on aged album paper.
4. "Sosua Kibbutzim", 9" x 12", ink & glue on aged album paper.

Trujillo took in several hundred Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany.

 

 

 

 

5. "Water", 9" x 12", ink & glue on aged album paper.
5. "Water", 9" x 12", ink & glue on aged album paper.

Haitian sugarcane workers lining up for water. "Antihaitianismo" became public policy under Trujillo and today remains an active legacy of his 31 year dictatorship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 6. Las Hermanas Mirabal
6. Las Hermanas Mirabal

Portrait of the iconic Mirabal sisters whose death became a watershed moment and was a catalyst for Trujillo's assassination six months later.

 

 

 

 

8. "FUERA!", 11" x 17", ink & watercolor on arches paper.
8. "FUERA!", 11" x 17", ink & watercolor on arches paper.

Mujeres de Abril protest.

 

 

 

 

7. "Dominican Math Problem", 9" x 12", graphite on arches paper.
7. "Dominican Math Problem", 9" x 12", graphite on arches paper.

Margarita Trujillo holds a fictional edition of LIFE magazine whose contents span the bloody history of DR starting with Trujillo's dictatorship and followed by Balaguer's dictatorship.

 

 

 

 

9. "Gilda", 11" x 17", ink & watercolor on aged arches paper.
9. "Gilda", 11" x 17", ink & watercolor on aged arches paper.

One of the thousands Women of April that fought in the Dominican Revolution/ US invasion of 1965.

 

 

10. "Desobediencia", 11" x 17", ink & watercolor on arches paper.
10. "Desobediencia", 11" x 17", ink & watercolor on arches paper.

One of the thousands Women of April.

 

 

 

11. Las Mujeres de Abril , various sizes 24" x 72", charcoal on paper
11. Las Mujeres de Abril , various sizes 24" x 72", charcoal on paper

The Women of April were untrained civilian resistance fighters.

 

 

 

 

12. "Installation", 9" x 12", ink & glue on aged album paper.
12. "Installation", 9" x 12", ink & glue on aged album paper.

One wall of the 65 images depiciting the history which led to the Revolution. Images read from left to right.

 

 

2015-2017 The Figure

Feminist images are central to an ongoing exploration of the figure. The Warrior Women series was the first series of images focused on the feminine as iconic warriors. 

 

 

 

1. Spiderwoman
1. Spiderwoman

Mixed media, 44"x 88"

 

 

 

 

2. Tres Gatitos
2. Tres Gatitos

Graphite on paper, 54" x 72"

 

 

 

 

3. God Speaks Truth
3. God Speaks Truth

Graphite on paper, 54" x 86"

 

 

 

 

4. Warrior Dance
4. Warrior Dance

Oil on gessoed paper, 82" x 54"

 

 

 

 

5. Nou Led, Nou La!
5. Nou Led, Nou La!

Graphite on paper, 76" x 44"

 

 

 

 

6. Warrior March
6. Warrior March

Charcoal on woven fabric, 74" x 54"

 

 

 

 

7. Two Dresses
7. Two Dresses

Charcoal, collage , 44" x 76"

 

 

 

 

8. Holy Family-transcription
8. Holy Family-transcription

Graphite, 52" x 42"

 

 

 

 

10. Dissent
10. Dissent

Pastel, graphite on handmade paper, 28" x 14"

 

 

 

 

9. Icarus
9. Icarus

Oil on gessoed paper w/ wax medium, 60" x 68"

 

 

 

 

2014-2016 The City

The Brooklyn streets are part of an ongoing series of images focused on the urban panorama and the social agency of local communities.

 

 

 

1. "Harlem Views" exhibition, Union Square (left) and Alleys and Towers shown.
1. "Harlem Views" exhibition, Union Square (left) and Alleys and Towers shown.

Cityscape exhibition in 2017 .

 

 

 

2. JCAL exhibition, "The Riots" (left) and "Delirious N.Y."
2. JCAL exhibition, "The Riots" (left) and "Delirious N.Y."

 

 

 

 

3. " The Riots", a detail. Mixed media.
3. " The Riots", a detail. Mixed media.

Detail view of intersection at Kingston  Avenue and EasternParkway. 

 

 

 

4. Delirious New York
4. Delirious New York

Mixed Media, acrylic, charcoal, tape, graphite on paper, 76" x 88"

 

 

5. There Is a Crack In Everything
5. There Is a Crack In Everything

Graphite on Paper  47" x 40"

 

 

6. Eastern Parkway
6. Eastern Parkway

Mixed Media, 36" x 20"

 

 

7. Afloat
7. Afloat

Oil on canvas, 30" x 20"

 

 

 

2. Wall Street
2. Wall Street

Gouache, acrylic on paper, 26" x 20"

 

 

 

13. Alleys and Towers
13. Alleys and Towers

Oil on Canvas, 52" x 44"

 

 

 

 

2014-2016 The Landscape

Plen-air mixed media drawings and oil paintings created in Taos, the Hudson Valley, Governor's Island, Maine and Italy. Both the drawings and the paintings focus on mark making to build up the form. 

 

 

1. The Trees Would Lift You
1. The Trees Would Lift You

Mixed Media, 54" x 54", 2014

 

 

 

 

2. This Is Not a Wolf
2. This Is Not a Wolf

graphite on paper, 54" x 54", 2014

 

 

 

 

3. Taos Mountain
3. Taos Mountain

graphite on paper, 54" x 54", 2014

 

 

 

 

4. "I Was a Bride Married to Amazement"
4. "I Was a Bride Married to Amazement"

graphite on paper, 10" x 78", 2017

 

 

 

 

5. Detail of "I Was a Bride Married to Amazement"
5. Detail of "I Was a Bride Married to Amazement"

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. The Orchard II
6. The Orchard II

Graphite on handmade paper, 26" x 18", 2014

 

 

 

 

7. Branching out
7. Branching out

Graphite on paper, 30" x 12", 2014

 

 

 

 

8. The Orchard
8. The Orchard

Oil on canvas, 24" x 24", 2014

 

 

 

 

9. Farmscape
9. Farmscape

oil on linen, 36" x 40" 

 

 

 

 

 

2014: Brooklynscapes

These black and white works on paper are inspired by daily walks along Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway right before dusk. The fading light blended silhouettes together to create new forms. These images reflect the poetry of the Brooklyn Sky.

 

 

 

1. Eastern Parkway
1. Eastern Parkway

Sumi ink on paper, 18" x 14"

 

 

 

2. Afloat
2. Afloat

Sumi ink on paper, 18" x 14"

 

 

 

3. Frolic
3. Frolic

Sumi ink on paper, 18" x 14"

 

 

 

4. Sky Over Crown Hts.
4. Sky Over Crown Hts.

Sumi ink on paper, 18" x 14"

 

 

 

5. View of Crown Hts.
5. View of Crown Hts.

Sumi ink on paper, 18" x 14"

 

 

 

6. Last Stop
6. Last Stop

Sumi ink on paper, 18" x 14"

 

 

 

7. Urban Forest
7. Urban Forest

Sumi ink, acrylic on paper, 20" x 14"

 

 

 

8. The City
8. The City

Sumi ink, acrylic on paper, 18" x 14"

 

 

 

9. Brownstone Block
9. Brownstone Block

Acrylic, ink on paper, 20" x 14"

 

 

 

10. Brownstone Row
10. Brownstone Row

Acrylic, ink on paper, 18" x 14"

 

 

 

11. Kin-Co
11. Kin-Co

Sumi ink on paper, 19" x 14"

 

 

 

St.Bartholemew Church
St.Bartholemew Church

Sumi ink on paper, 18" x 14"

 

 

 

13. St. Gregory's Church
13. St. Gregory's Church

Sumi ink, acrylic on paper, 18" x 14"

 

 

 

14. One Way
14. One Way

Sumi ink on paper, 18" x 14"

 

 

 

15. Wedding Day
15. Wedding Day

Sumi ink on paper, 20" x 12"

 

 

 

2013: Santos Y Retablos

This series of paintings were created at the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos. They reflect the intersection of local history and faith. The pictorial language is borrowed from the folk art of the retablos found in New Mexico's  mission churches. Traditionally the retablos are watercolor on wood, but these are oil on wood. 

 

 

1. St. Ignatius Loyola
1. St. Ignatius Loyola

Oil on wood, 14" x 16"   

 

 

 

 

2. Lady of Belen
2. Lady of Belen

Oil on wood, 14" x 16"

 

 

 

 

3. Lamentation
3. Lamentation

Oil on wood, 16" x 18"

 

 

 

 

4. El Niño
4. El Niño

Oil on wood, 6" x 8"

 

 

 

 

5. Señora de Merced Oil  on wood, 6" x 8"
5. Señora de Merced Oil on wood, 6" x 8"

Oil  on wood, 6" x 8"

 

 

 

 

6. Señora de Truchas
6. Señora de Truchas

Oil on wood, 6" x 8"

 

 

 

 

7. St. Catherine
7. St. Catherine

Oil on wood, 6" x 9"

 

 

 

 

8. San Martin de Porre
8. San Martin de Porre

Oil on wood, 8" x 16"   

 

 

 

 

9. Our Lady of The Slope
9. Our Lady of The Slope

Oil on wood, 8" x 18"

 

 

 

 

10. St.Francis and The Book of Canticles
10. St.Francis and The Book of Canticles

Oil on wood, 8" x 18"

 

 

 

 

11. Madonna
11. Madonna

Oil on wood, 8" x 18"

 

 

 

 

12. Our Lady of Guadalupe
12. Our Lady of Guadalupe

Oil on wood, 4" x 6"

 

 

 

 

 

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Installation Photography © Ching-Ming Cheung.