ARTIST IN CONFINEMENT

location | Madrid, Spain

date | Spring 2020

recognition | Columbia GSAPP Patio Publication

feature | Quaranzine.net Volume 24

type | Mixed media collages

During the first period of the coronavirus pandemic, I was a Mexican living in Spain while attending an American university. Being confined under such confusing circumstances inspired me to create art from memories and objects that I had collected before. I depended on drawing and creating art as a form of living while being alone in a foreign country during a global pandemic. As the world outside seemed like such a faraway place, my mind took me on a journey of remembrance of who I am. I see my art as I see myself during confinement, a collage of accumulated experiences and artifacts resourced into new physical and mental space. These four pieces represent the mental meandering I went through at the time of their creation and include drawings of spirals. They are formed by a continuous line that represents an overwhelming stream of consciousness translated onto a page. Once I am done drawing it, a sensation of peace overcomes me.