• La Gascona Residency, Spain June 2024




  • I hosted a workshop during an art residency in Gascueña, a small village in rural Spain. We  explored imagination and emotions through art making. This experience showed me how impactful it is to activate a community through creative expression, especially in a place that isn't typically seen as a cultural center. When people of different ages and backgrounds come together to share their stories through art, we create connections that go beyond just making pictures.


















Daspu in Berlin
July 2019

Collaborated with the project as a Make-up Artist for Daspu Catwalk in Washingtonplatz (Hbf)



































  • Germination: Art, Autonomy & Ethics at Columbia Secondary School, New York
    (Zankel Fellowship, Spring 2025)








This project was developed as part of the Zankel Urban Fellowship at Teachers College, Columbia University, under the initiative “Germination: Growing Science, Arts, and Movement with Students for Sustainability Transformation,” led by Drs. Pamela Koch and Laura Azzarito.

I facilitated a weekly interdisciplinary art activity with middle school students at Columbia Secondary School (CSS) in New York City. Using torn pieces of unprimed canvas and a variety of mixed media materials, I invited students to express themselves through open-ended prompts related to well-being, nutrition, science, and sustainability.

Students could choose whether or not to participate, how they wanted to engage, and whether their work would remain private or become part of a larger collaborative piece. At the end of the cycle, the individual canvas pieces were sewn together into a constellation — a shared surface that held space for different voices to coexist without being forced into uniformity.

Throughout the process, I continually re-evaluated my role as a facilitator. My intention wasn’t to assign meaning or seek a specific outcome, but to offer space — for color, marks, pauses, conversations, or silence. The project raised important questions about authorship, ethics, and how art can support student well-being in ways that feel open, personal, and self-directed.




Caption:
"Constellation" – Collective student artwork created during the Germination project at Columbia Secondary School.
Each piece was painted or drawn in response to prompts about well-being, imagination, and daily life. Sewn together into a single fabric, the work represents a shared yet diverse visual dialogue.