NADA New York 2025

Xicalcoliuhqui-inspired geometries—a stepped, spiraling motif rooted in Mesoamerican design—anchor cast aluminum flame coral tree flowers, a carpenter bee at rest and cicada in emergence. Silver surfaces shift subtly, shaped by a foundry process akin to lost-wax casting. The work considers how the natural world is abstracted and reconfigured through cultural frameworks, where beauty is both honored and controlled, and likeness becomes a vessel for memory, desire, and imposed order.