Selected Moving Image Exhibitions & Screenings
2025
“An Artist’s Duty: To Reflect the Times” Exhibition, Woo Studios, San Diego, California
Badnām Film Festival – Bangalore, India
“Anti-Border Futures” Exhibition, Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, California
2024
FICCTerra Festival Itinerante de Cine Comunitario de la Tierra – Xalapa – Puebla, México
La Sur Real Film Festival – Venice – Trento, Italy — Bogotá, Colombia
Tijuana Vertical Film Festival – Tijuana, México
Al Este Festival Internacional de Cine – Lima, Perú
Presence 9:16 Film Competition – London, England
2023
Africa Human Rights Film Festival, Cape Town – Johannesburg, South Africa
Censurados Film Festival, Lima, Perú
La Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano – SDLFF Screening, La Habana, Cuba
San Diego Latino Film Festival, San Diego, California
Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
International Folklore Film Festival, St. Thomas College Thrissur, Kerala, India
2022
Libre Cinema Festival, Mérida, México
Transcinema Festival Internacional de Cine, Lima, Perú
“My mama told me I’m experimental” – Saigon Experimental Film Festival, Hanoi, The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Festival Internacional de Cine Silente México, Puebla, México
Festival Internacional de Cine de Los Cabos, Cabo San Lucas, México
Festival de Cine de Ciudades del Futuro, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
México Outdoor Film Festival, Ciudad de México, México
“Qué otras historias podemos contar?” – Galería Almacén, San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Lumbung Lounge” – Installation by Guerilla Architects and Along the Lines – documenta fifteen – Stellwerk Galerie, Kulturbahnhof, Kassel, Germany
San Antonio CineFestival, San Antonio, Texas
Feminist Border Arts Film Festival, New Mexico State University (NMSU), Las Cruces, New Mexico
“¿Y ahora qué? Experiencias de la cotidianidad migrante” Exhibition, ABM Confecciones, Madrid, España
Esto Es Para Esto Festival, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México
Fayd Digital – “Feral Neighbourhoods” Online Exhibition, Manchester, England
Vorspiel 2022 transmediale & CTM Festival – OKTA Collective – “Summoning” Online Exhibition, Berlin, Germany
LoosenArt, “Political Statement” International Exhibition – Millepiani Gallery, Rome, Italy
2021
Festival Fotogenia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, México
Festival Instants Videó Numériques et Poétiques, Marseilles, France – Visual Container TV
Suncine Environmental Film Festival, Ciudad de México, México – Barcelona, España- Canal Once TV
New York Latino Film Festival, New York City, New York
Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, Moscow, Russia – GLAZOK TV
San Antonio CineFestival, San Antonio, Texas
Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Residency Project x MOTOR – “Interstice” Exhibition, Los Angeles, California
Goethe-Institut Chicago, Chemical (Re)Actions “The Vigil” Project, Chicago, Illinois
The Chapter House – “But When You Come From Water” Exhibition, Los Angeles, California
Ill Muestra de Video Arte Faeza – Screenings: Bogotá, Colombia – Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Pantalla Rota Convocatoria de Obra Contestataria, Casa Belgrado, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2020
Chuquimarca Projects + Sin Cinta Previa Showcase, Chicago, Illinois
Festival Instants Videó Numériques et Poétiques, Marseilles, France – Screening: [.BOX] Galerie, Milan, Italy
FICU Lanterna Anáhuac, Universidad Anáhuac México, Huixquilucan, México
Austin School of Film “Radical Cinema” Showcase, Austin, Texas
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Bogotá, Colombia
Kala Art Institute “Response” Exhibition, Berkley, California
Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece – Screening: Hošeck Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
San Francisco International Queer Women of Color Film Festival, San Francisco, California
Art Dream Foundation Online Solo Exhibition, London, United Kingdom
Muestra Itinerante de Cine MX, Ciudad de México, México
POC International Film Festival, The City College of New York (CCNY), New York City, New York
Oped Space Tokyo “50 Inch Cinema” Project, Tokyo, Japan
Feminist Border Arts Film Festival, New Mexico State University (NMSU), Las Cruces, New Mexico
2019
Roots & Raíces Somos Migrantes Film Festival, Baltimore, Maryland
Aguas Migrantes Ojo de Agua Film Festival, Hidalgo, México
Selected Print Publications
2023
Simulacrum Magazine – Jaargang 31. Nr. 1 – Water, Amsterdam, Netherlands – “Black Waters: The Flow of History” Paper
2022
The t4t project: A zine by/for/about trans artists & storytellers of color: Issue 1 – Photography
2021
“Colibrí” Genderqueer Artist Book, Nashville, Tennessee – Mixed Media, Photography
Riot and Roux: Issue 2 “WATER”, Brooklyn, New York – Photography
2020
With Space Between Us: An Anthology of Artistry During Covid-19, Bronx, New York – Illustration
Yes Ma’am Zine: Issue 14 “The Election Issue”, San Marcos, Texas – Illustration
Hex Gurls Zine: Vol. 11 “Quarantine Zine” Fresno, California – Mixed Media Collage
Selected Photography Exhibitions
2023
“Horizonites” Exhibition – Post Office Projects Gallery, Port Adelaide, Australia
2021
“Día de los Muertos” Exhibition – Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery, Seattle, Washington
“Honrando a los Muertos” Exhibition – Freedom Arts Collective – Local Distro, Nashville, Tennessee
2020
Art Dream Foundation Online Solo Exhibition, London, England
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