The Confined Arts (2015)
16" x 20"
Graphic Art
Thoughts (2018)
38" x 51"
Mixed Media on Printmaking Paper
Y.O.C. Logo (2017)
38" x 51"
Mixed Media on Printmaking Paper
COMMISSIONED WORK
How Much Is Enough (2018)
30" x 30"
Oil Painting on Canvas
Open Doors (2018)
30" x 40"
Oil Painting on Canvas
COLLAGE SERIES
Visions of Confinement (2016)
51" x 38"
Charcoal on Printmaking Paper
Right to Remain Silent (2019)
18" x 24" Mixed Media Charcoal Drawing |
Shackled (2019)
18" x 24" Mixed Media Charcoal Drawing |
Rikers Island The Good the Bad and the Ugly (2017)
On Thursday November 5, 2016 A city correction officer was brutally slashed by one
inmate while another held him down on a cell floor Thursday night, according to multiple
sources. Officer Raymond Calderon was taken to New York Hospital Queens after the
attack at the George Motchan Detention Center on Rikers Island, jail insiders said...
-The Daily News
After reading this article over a closed Facebook group called "Rikers Island
The Good the Bad and the Ugly" I left the comment “I wonder what the officer did for
him to be attacked” under the article post. This prompted a huge amount of negative
responses from some of the with people who self-identified as current and former
correctional officers, police officers and local individuals who are members of the
Facebook group. From November 6-8, 2017 I simultaneously held several discussions
with those persons within the Facebook group. The discussion topics included issues
surrounding prison violence and safety, departmental disciplinary strategies, the
mistreatment of prisoners, the justification of violence against prisoners and changing the
narrative of people in prison. Their tone and language towards people in prison is very
malicious, degrading and unforgiving. This project is the foundation of the research work
that I do at the Center for Justice. This artwork will never be for sale and will only be
used in a not-for-profit way.
inmate while another held him down on a cell floor Thursday night, according to multiple
sources. Officer Raymond Calderon was taken to New York Hospital Queens after the
attack at the George Motchan Detention Center on Rikers Island, jail insiders said...
-The Daily News
After reading this article over a closed Facebook group called "Rikers Island
The Good the Bad and the Ugly" I left the comment “I wonder what the officer did for
him to be attacked” under the article post. This prompted a huge amount of negative
responses from some of the with people who self-identified as current and former
correctional officers, police officers and local individuals who are members of the
Facebook group. From November 6-8, 2017 I simultaneously held several discussions
with those persons within the Facebook group. The discussion topics included issues
surrounding prison violence and safety, departmental disciplinary strategies, the
mistreatment of prisoners, the justification of violence against prisoners and changing the
narrative of people in prison. Their tone and language towards people in prison is very
malicious, degrading and unforgiving. This project is the foundation of the research work
that I do at the Center for Justice. This artwork will never be for sale and will only be
used in a not-for-profit way.
American Story (2019)
Mixed Media on Cardboard
Mixed Media on Cardboard
THE POWER OF LANGUAGE TO INCARCERATE
Popular Stereotypes (2019)
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Love Shouldn't Hurt (2019)
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Exonerated 5 (2019)
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Undocumented (2019)
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Love Self and Neighbor (2019)
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NARRATIVE SERIES
True Birth (2018)
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Behind Bars (2014)
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Solitary (2015)
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Perspectives (2016)
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Entwined (2014)
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The Tumes (2014)
Size: Unknown Mixed Media Photography |
Stress (2015)
16" x 20" Acrylic Painting |
Jail Bird (2015)
Size: Unknown Acrylic Painting |
MY ART OF VIEW
My Art of View 01 (2016)
16" x 20"
Graphic Art
My Art of View 02 (2016)
16" x 20"
Graphic Art
My Art of View 03 (2016)
16" x 20"
Graphic Art
My Art of View 04 (2016)
16" x 20"
Graphic Art
