Born in Lima, Perú, I was an introverted child in a tumultuous country. At home, I found refuge in drawing, painting, and creating stories. I spent countless hours in solitude engaged in creative activities. Art offered a respite from chaos and a return to peace.
I'm a bit of a restless artist. I work on several projects at once, moving quickly between ideas. Keeping multiple works in progress helps me stay engaged. Even at home, I tend to rearrange furniture when I get bored or things start to feel static. Changing my space keeps things fresh and helps me see my environment in a new way.
My current body of work explores the vessel as a metaphor for the human experience. Just as the physical body serves as a temporary vessel housing consciousness, the soul, and personal history, I view ordinary daily objects as active containers and catalysts for intimacy. In an increasingly disconnected digital age, these everyday items become active participants in preserving human connection.
This exploration encompasses both still life painting and tactile drawings of soil, rock, and roots. My return to drawing has been both an enjoyable and therapeutic evolution in my practice. Working directly with these foundational, earthbound elements serves as a gentle reminder of my own need for a slower, more intentional way of living.
From time to time I mix things up and lend my expertise as illustrator to projects ranging from editorial to packaging design. A few of the clients I've worked with include Edible Magazine, Frito Lay, SEEAG, and X-Games.
I am an adjunct professor of art at Ventura College. I teach Drawing & Composition and Color & Design. I got my Masters of Art from California State University, and I split my time between teaching art and creating in my studio.
I live in Ventura, CA
Read about me and my work: CanvasRebel Interview
Exhibition Record
"LongView: Annual Faculty Art Exhibition | Ventura College New Media Gallery | Oct 2026
"Open Call: All Media 2026" - Juror: Patricia Sweetow | SCI Art Center, Camarillo, CA | August 2026
"Made of Moments" | K&K Gallery. Culver City, CA | June 2026
"ONCE MIRADAS, UN BALON" | Consulado de México, Oxnard |May 2026
“Women’s Story” | Bell Arts Factory, Ventura | | February 2025
Exhibiting Artist | X-Games | August 2025
Group show |Vita Art Center, Ventura | September 2025
Holiday Group exhibit | Studios on the Park |Paso Robles | November 2025
5x5 Exhibit | Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art | January 2024
The Brew Lab Carpinteria | Group show | November 2024
“Art of Digital” |The Tool Room, Ventura | March 2022
“De Colores Art Show” | Santa Paula Art Museum Shively Gallery | February 2013
2012 Collector’s Choice Exhibit | Sylvia White Gallery | Ventura, CA | March 2012
“Raíces” | Four-woman show | July 2011
“As Above So Below” | Group show | Camarillo, CA | September 2019
“Day of the Dead. Night of the Living” | Group show | Ventura County Museum | Nov 2012
“Myths and Legends” | Ventura County Museum of Art | October 2011
“Defying Gravity” | Solo Show | Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA | October 2011
“ATMOSTFEAR” | Solo Exhibit | Upfront Gallery, Ventura, CA | June 2011
Past exhibitions include Palm Springs Museum, Woman Made Gallery in Illinois, Period
Gallery in Nebraska, Museum of Ventura County in California--and internationally in
Ontario, Canada. And curatorial collaborations, including Visions at Oxnard College
McNish gallery, PLUCK, “Salute to Oxnard,”, and the Annual Member Exhibits at
SCIART.
Illustrated Books
Manda and the Fish | Archway Publishing, 2024 & Live Like Noah Foundation
Illustration - Commercial
Miss Vickie’s Potato Chips | 2019
• Illustrated the famous Miss Vickie’s rebranding packaging design across 4 SKUs
• Featured in The Dieline for “capturing Miss Vickie’s Quirky Charm”
Published Editorial Illustration
• Edible Magazine | 2019 | 2022
• Pacific Standard Magazine | 2019
Published articles & Art Reviews | Written by Claudia
• “Band of Brothers”, Santa Barbara Magazine (Winter 2020)
• "Hiroko Yoshimoto at Carnegie Art Museum," VC Reporter, (March 20, 2014)
• Art Throb Arts Column, VC Reporter (Jan 22, 2014)
• “Latino Representation on the side”, VC Reporter (Oct 2014)
• “The Beautiful”, VC Reporter Art Review (Jul 3, 2014)
• “A little help from his friends”, VC Reporter (March 16, 2012)
• Art Throb Arts Column, VC Reporter (August 28, 2012)
• “Joe Cardella and 25 years of Art LIFE Magazine”, VC Reporter (Jan 24, 2012)
• “Creative Types” featuring Christine Morla, VC Reporter (July 26, 2011)
• “Creative Types” featuring Andrea Vargaz Mendoza, VC Reporter (Feb 8, 2011)
• “Commerce, Compassion and Community”, VC Reporter (Feb 16, 2010)
• “Creative Types” featuring Courtney Ellzey, VC Reporter (Dec 14, 2010)
• “The Sound of the Salvaged”, VC Reporter Art Review of John White (Apr 13, 2010)
• “War, Famine, Pestilence, Death”, VC Reporter (Dec 8, 2009)