Artist statement 2.0:

I was born in the Dominican Republic, where people walk like it’s a party.

I grew up with my head in the clouds, with dreams of becoming an astronaut.
I grew up tasting rain, tasting the sea, tasting where my curiosity took me.
I grew up admiring plants and trees, with my head stuck on the moon.
I grew up with a different career in mind almost every other week.
But SCIENCE always had me, and it still does…

ART is talking to me more though.

ART won’t leave me alone now.
From time to time SCIENCE comes back and makes me doubt.
From time to time ART yells at me and reminds me why.

I left the dream of becoming a scientist.
My soul didn’t find Chemistry.
I left the dream of becoming a scientist.
But I didn’t leave SCIENCE, I need SCIENCE.
I am the ART, I am the SCIENCE.

I am the ART and SCIENCE.
I want to marry the two, in multiple ways.
I want people to taste the sea the way I have.
I want people to taste the rain the way I have.
I want people to taste curiosity the way I have.

PS: The marriage of ART and SCIENCE may not always show in my work (the way you would expect, at least). In order to understand the full story you must piece the work I put out. I’m a puzzle.

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ORIGINAL ARTIST STATEMENT:

I was born in Dominican Republic, where people walk like it’s a party.

I grew up with my head in the clouds, with dreams of becoming an astronaut.
I grew up tasting rain, tasting the sea, tasting where my curiosity took me.
I grew up admiring plants and trees, with my head stuck on the moon.
I grew up with a different career in mind almost every other week.
But SCIENCE always had me.

I grew up wanting to be a scientist, but somewhere along the lines fooled myself
into believing I could make arte. End of story.

PS: If you want the full story, you must piece together the work I put out.
I’m a puzzle.