Aurora… installation views
~ on view at Lenzner Gallery, Pitzer College till April 5th.
~Aurora is a new body of work I developed during my time as Ceramic Artist-in-Residence at Pitzer College.
“Inspired by her grandmother’s Auroras life, this exhibition explores the intersections of memory, cultural history, and the nuances of diasporic identity through processes of care, deterioration, and unity.”
~Photo documentation by Christopher Wormald @christopher.s.w
Orbitas // 180° // bloque de carbón / charcoal cinder block // proceso de hacer carbón/ charcoal making process //
(disordered thinking) en la colindancia/ pressure can make or break you/ pyrolysis/ elements as entities/ global trades (no)/ the imposed need/ colonization: relationship of service/ warp pipes/ import-export of matter or energy/ historical sources/ notions of death…
📷: @bamblerdander
FOREVER STUDENTS MFAs @calarts.artschool last class at the @theicala
Thank you, thank you @absroka_peters and @emiliasdv for receiving us and for given us a walkthrough of the incredible shows you have curated 🌟
To more learning in collaboration and community 🪄
Clay before time final class! clay-wrapped cooking chicken edition.
Recipe: Beggar’s Chicken “叫化鸡”🔥
I feel extremely lucky to share and expand knowledge with my students on wild clay. I first engaged with clay processing in Puerto Rico where the material offered solace.
Clays harvested and processed in the class from Fire Valley (calarts), Placerita Canyon, Castaic Lake, Wichita Falls, New Mexico, Malibu, Sierra Madre Mountains, & Irwindale… We also built apparatuses for reclaiming clay. It was so much fun! Sumamente agradecida ⭐️
Photos and videos: @sol_kang , @misstexas1952 and @zenn_diagram
la memoria de tu apapacho, 2025
“Bodybuilding” a two-person show at @fivechurches with @celluloidplasm closes this Sunday April 12. Come by from 3 to 5pm!
Photos by Alex Delapena
Aurora…
el closet guarda las memorias, las fotos —el flow de la época y styling de pelos más impresionantes — las botellas de alcohol añejo, las toallas, las sábanas y el baúl de recuerdos que limpian el ser
2025 • closet bifold doors, handmade soap, charcoal, wood, ceramics, rattan, glass jugs, water, oil, hand pump, paper, towels, light fixture
a un año de Aurora ~ lo reflexiono en proceso y en esta pieza que es de mis favoritas. En esta trabajo y doy forma a la memoria de la cama de pilares que hizo abuelo Cucho siguiendo las formas del mobiliario estilo isabelino jíbaro, este frame me albergó en mi adolescencia. Y entre dos ejes, carga la memoria de mi familia y el cuido hacia un cuerpo que es isla (el petroglifo de los ojos solitarios)
Aurora….
el centro como espina de mil historias, unas olvidadas, otras en mil bocas y las que con la decadencia aprenden a tirar besos y bailar cualquier ritmo, moviéndola de lado a lado para oxigenar el cuerpo
[eng.]
Aurora….
the center is a spine of a thousand stories, some forgotten, others in a thousand mouths, and those learning in decline to throw kisses and dance any rhythm, moving from side to side to oxygenate the body
2025 • reclaimed pine wood, stain, canvas, ceramics, brooch, handle, and metal hardware
Photos by Alex Delapena, Christopher Wormald and me.
It’s the final week of 'Bodybuilding' with @vacholas and @celluloidplasm ! The gallery will be open today 1-5pm, and there will be a closing reception next Sunday, April 12, 3-5pm with drinks and snacks! Come say goodbye to the show with us!
Pictured are details of
Valeria Tizol Vivas
'Celosía #2', 2025
Ceramics, wood, hardware
Dimensions variable
and
Christopher Goodale
'Untitled', 2022
Colored pencil on paper
30 x 22 1/2 in | 76 × 57 cm
31 1/2 x 24 in | 80 × 61 cm (framed)
📸: @alxdlp
Estante para memorias, 2026
displaying
la memoria de tus caricias, 2025
Wood, ceramic
18 1/4 x 45 x 18 in | 46.5 × 114 × 45.5 cm
On view at @fivechurches as part of the two person show ‘Bodybuilding’ with Christopher Goodale @celluloidplasm .
Show open till April 12.
Photos by: @alxdlp
#ceramics
Celosía #2, 2025-26
ceramics, wood, metal hardware
On view at @fivechurches part of the two person show ‘Bodybuilding’ with Christopher Goodale @celluloidplasm
A beautiful show about conversations of drawings / space~structure / the complexity of making/thinking about the body. In this architecture, Celosía becomes an embrace to the multiplicities of the self.
Gallery dates & times:
Sunday 15: 1pm to 5pm
Saturday 21: 1pm to 5pm
Saturday 28: 1pm to 5pm. Sunday 29: 1pm to 5pm
Photos by: @alxdlp
#ceramics
grateful to be part of the unmade crew and for @willjrawls ~ this experience has been a beautiful ride! from the phone call to analyzing moves while being in PR to analyzing an artist language to material sourcing to transporting/moving objects (multiple times) to being in conversation to new connections to seeing wonderful people practicing their craft to learning from each other to fabricating carrito and mamá carrota to more practice to rehearsal site specificity to seeing the first iteration to learning from that to unlearn and relearn to expansion to the two, three, four, five, six to moving through the museum to the celebration to the reverse procession and to a whimsical memory full of care and lots lots of learning.
eternamente agradecida por la oportunidad de asistir en este proyecto lleno de cariño y mucho aprendizaje
la mente maestra
@willjrawls
el crew de producción
@margie__k@nancystellasoto@emilybthatsme@_curat0rial.ang3l_
performers
@aajjaannii@_gumyb@_de_jon_@kensakushinohara@mayab.lig@tiarahackd
por más 🪄
![a un año de Aurora ~ lo reflexiono en proceso y en esta pieza que es de mis favoritas. En esta trabajo y doy forma a la memoria de la cama de pilares que hizo abuelo Cucho siguiendo las formas del mobiliario estilo isabelino jíbaro, este frame me albergó en mi adolescencia. Y entre dos ejes, carga la memoria de mi familia y el cuido hacia un cuerpo que es isla (el petroglifo de los ojos solitarios)Aurora….el centro como espina de mil historias, unas olvidadas, otras en mil bocas y las que con la decadencia aprenden a tirar besos y bailar cualquier ritmo, moviéndola de lado a lado para oxigenar el cuerpo[eng.]Aurora….the center is a spine of a thousand stories, some forgotten, others in a thousand mouths, and those learning in decline to throw kisses and dance any rhythm, moving from side to side to oxygenate the body2025 • reclaimed pine wood, stain, canvas, ceramics, brooch, handle, and metal hardwarePhotos by Alex Delapena, Christopher Wormald and me.](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6747237369161134573863_0_cebb4c5705fbf34f506cfbb7fa9b25ec.jpg?o=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&h=e6213e48760cf56b6b3f79bad5c6095b)
