Essential to my artistic investigations are themes of oppression, deception, silence, abuse of trust, and abuse of power. Such an examination is a natural result of my growing up in Peru, a country where repression by both the government and Catholic Church was an inescapable and unchangeable reality. When one experiences abuse within a restrictive and oppressive incubator, it affects not only the nature of the experience, but also the perception of it. Thus, my artistic narratives are influence