ABOUT

When I was two years old, I was adopted from Peru to the Netherlands; a journey that profoundly shaped my life and artistic practice. This foundational experience raised questions about identity that continue to influence my work today.

Through painting and charcoal drawings, I navigate my own journey and experience the sense of uprootedness that adoption has woven into my existence. My work emerges from this in-between zone: not quite here and not quite there, but somewhere where I am my own, unique self.

Painting is a constant challenge for me, one I embrace wholeheartedly. I'm drawn to breaking conventions: my work becomes more interactive and playful rather than straightforward. This approach reflects my own journey; nothing in my story has been linear, so why should my art be?

Uprooting permeates my practice as a source of creative energy. Each work becomes an exploration, a conversation between who I was, who I am, and who I might become. In this dialogue between medium and memory, between Peru and the Netherlands, I continue to discover fragments of my true self.

Born in Puno, Peru in 1999, I now live and work in Loenen, the Netherlands. In 2024, I graduated from ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art and am currently studying Creative Therapy at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences.

Expositie Dat Bolwerck 2024
Publicatie BK tijdschrift juni 2024
Genomineerd voor Buning Brongers prijs 2024
Publicatie interview NRC zaterdag 17 augustus 2024
Expositie Huntenkunst 2025 editie 31
Kunstmarkt Groede uit de Kunst september 2025
Re-discoveries oktober 2025