Info / Artist Statement

A snapshot of my Code: Love for dance (in public and in private), seeking truth, unity, and creativity.

I'm a Panamanian interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of performance, photography, digital media, and social practice. My work explores what I call the "code" of identity — the systems, patterns, and inherited energies that shape who we become within cultural and ancestral frameworks.

I create conceptual maps that become performances, rituals, and participatory experiences. These maps trace subjects ranging from carnival traditions to collaborative frameworks, translating research into embodied practice. My methodology centers on movement as a form of knowledge-making — a way of understanding not just where we come from, but where we're able to go.

Growing up in Panama during the political upheaval of the 1980s shaped my inquiry into identity, power, and reinvention. My practice asks how we inherit cultural codes, and how we might consciously choose which ones to carry forward and which to rewrite — treating identity as something we author, not just something we receive.

Through participatory experiences, I create space for audiences to map their own geographies and access their potential beyond inherited limitations. My practice draws on existing cultural systems while centering collaboration, participation, and embodied wisdom — making visible what has been marginalized, and celebrating Panamanian heritage in contemporary dialogue.