BIO
As an environmental artist, my work deals with the decline of the coral reef ecosystems. I make drawings, sculptures and installations that investigates and highlights the main causes of the state that coral reefs are found today.
The phenomena known as coral bleaching, ocean acidification and plastic pollution are the main starting points in discussing the human effects in ocean conservancy. I invite the public to discover a complex biological network, where the concept of ecosystem is materialized through organization, symmetry and repetition.
My recent and interactive pieces deals with the ephemeral state of the work and its forever changing quality, much like the ocean itself. It creates kinship with the creatures of the reef, a direct bodily experience to raise awareness and responsibility of this most powerful and endangered ecosystem.Like the reef itself, my work uses a number of underlying structures – interdependence, diversity and scale – to organize collective empathy. My main interest is to study these phenomena to create dry dives, a way of showing a vailed ecosystem internal to our planet that most people don’t have access to.
I am especially interested in endangered species and how to translate scientific based studies into visual arts.
why corals
Coral Reefs are the most spectacular, biodiverse and fragile ecosystem in our planet. They play many roles in up-keeping the health of our oceans and yet so many people don't even know they exist. They are a vital organ of our world that needs to be recognized, valued, protected, conserved and restored.
Without them, we are destined to collapse.
