Artworks

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  • Rubio (Blonde)
  • Chaleco Protector
  • clothing, costume
  • embroidery, sewing, beadwork
  • buttons, fabric, salvaged, thread, trim, upholstery
  • 2020
  • 20 × 22 inches
  • I take refuge in the memories of the innocence of my childhood. I wanted to be blonde with blue eyes. With this vest I purge the desire to be someone else — I am me!
  • unavailable
  • Orquidia Violeta
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  • Pequeño Vestido de Gallo
  • Día de Muertos
  • clothing, costume, sculpture
  • dress
  • appliqué, embroidery, needlework, beadwork, sewing
  • found-objects, salvaged, trim, upholstery, woven
  • 2019
  • calavera
  • The small calaveras signify migrant children who have died crossing the imaginary line. *SOLD*
  • sold
  • Orquidia Violeta
  • Photo 1: Aaron Kuehn
  • Photo 2: Aaron Kuehn
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  • Vestido de Calaveras
  • Best Cultural Outfit, 2018 Día de Muertos, Portland Art Museum (SOLD) 2022
  • Día de Muertos
  • clothing, costume, sculpture
  • dress
  • appliqué, beadwork, embroidery, needlework, sewing
  • found-objects, salvaged, trim, upholstery, woven
  • 2018
  • calavera
  • The calaveras signify women who died in the El Salvador civil war (1980–1992)
  • sold
  • Orquidia Violeta
  • Photo 1: K.Kendall
  • Photo 2: Aaron Kuehn
  • Photo 3: Aaron Kuehn
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  • Iaso
  • Goddess Headdress
  • clothing, costume, functional, sculpture
  • brooch, fascinator
  • sewing
  • beads, upholstery, trim, found-objects
  • 2015
  • Iaso is the Greek Goddess of recuperation from illness.
  • Orquidia Violeta
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  • Spirit of White and Black
  • Día de Muertos
  • costume, clothing, performance, sound
  • obi, mask
  • appliqué, sewing, embroidery
  • fabric, buttons, foam, canvas, shells, paper, thread, trim
  • 2009
  • Inspired by Japanese Noh theater – devoted to the inner lives of ghosts. A Calavera Fashion show and Walking Altar performance at Tropico de Nopal (Los Angeles, CA), Ofrendas 2009. Live sound performance by Aaron Kuehn.
  • sold
  • Orquidia Violeta
  • Aaron Kuehn, Andrea Rodriguez
  • Photo 1: Reyes Rodríguez – Tropico de Nopal
  • Photo 2: Reyes Rodríguez – Tropico de Nopal
  • Photo 3: Reyes Rodríguez – Tropico de Nopal
  • Video 1: Tropico de Nopal