US
2020-2022
US shares the stories of people of color, immigrants, and those with multicultural identities want to tell about themselves. These paintings value underrepresented narratives and invite viewers to see something of themselves in the vibrant and poetic storytelling.
El Corrido de Javier Salas Vera (Alegoría de los Mojados), 2021, Oil on linen, 48 x 288 inches.
Photo courtesy of Grand Rapids Art Museum. On loan from February-April 2024 for winter exhibition in conjunction with Border Cantos.
El Corrido de Javier Salas Vera (Alegoría de los Mojados)
Plight of the Racially Ambiguous (Story of My Life: Hector Acuna), 2022, Oil on linen. 60 x 48 inches (each)
Permanent Collection. The Dennos Museum Center. Traverse City, Michigan.
The Ballad of Lillian Young (Allegory of Black Joy and Sorrow), 2020, Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches.
Private Collection. Washington D.C., USA
The Ballad of Ameenah Shareef Asante (Ode to My Ancestors), 2021, Oil on linen, 38 x 29 inches.
Collection of JoAnne McFarland, Artpoetica Project Space. Brooklyn, NY, USA.
The Ballad of Azya Moore (Ode to Zora Neale Hurston), 2021, Oil on linen, 66 x 40 inches.
A Day in the Life of Chemin Hsiao (Allegory of a Sucker Punch), 2021, 45 x 54 inches.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now (Monifa Robert, Tanya Roberts, Dora Rentas, Sarah Cline), 2021, Oil on linen, 72 x 60 inches.
Love is Sweet with Britney Reason (An Alternative 돌잔치 K-Drama), 2021, Oil on linen, 48 x 60 inches.
Tree of Many Fruits: Keira Busch (Allegory of a Family Tree), 2021, Oil on linen, 72 x 60 inches.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now (The Look), 2021, Oil on linen, 43 x 27 inches.
Слава Україні! Героям слава! (Svitlana Martynjuk), 2022, Oil on linen, 37 x 27 inches.
Story of My Life: Monifa Roberts (One Eye Open), 2021, Oil on linen, 36 x 24 inches.
Wounds (Allegory of a Sucker Punch), 2021, Oil on linen, 24 x 14 inches.
Private Collection, New York City, New York, USA.
3 días, 7 leguas: Javier Salas Vera (Alegoría de los mojados), 2021, Oil on linen, 15 x 18 inches.
Private Collection. Michigan, USA.
Javier, 2023, Oil on linen, 18 x 15 inches