Breast cancer runs in my family. The sugar skull pattern on the breasts of my sculpture is a hint to my own family history. Doctors diagnosed my mother as well as my grandmother with breast cancer. My piece is not just about death, it’s about how you live when life is out of your control and you can’t do the things you want to do.

Everyone is afraid of something. Most of us have natural fears of the unknown. As a result, there is fear on both sides of the migration experience.

My art is reflective of my personal migration experiences. The Monarch butterflies is a very common symbol for migration. I was drawn to it because of its transformative nature and the fact that they migrate over borders. I think everyone should have the right to freely move.

The Global Climate Action Summit was a great occasion to think seriously about the future of our planet. I participated in the "eARTh" art exhibition at Senator Scott Wiener's offices in honor of the GCAS 2018.

My graphic novel “Queen of Hearts” is catalogued into the Brooklyn Art Library. It is part of their Sketchbook Project, which is a constantly evolving collection of artists’ sketchbooks from around the globe.

When I look at images of Lady Mary, I see my always-suffering mother in her. The woman, who tried so hard to please everyone that she forgot about herself.

"Untold Stories" is going on its last journey! The "Asylum Seekers: Moria" Art Show had its Kickoff in Turlock last weekend. The art show is a traveling exhibition to help people to get a better understanding of the refugee crisis.

Everyone who knows me knows that I hate sports in general. Today tough, it happened that I found myself for the first time in my life on the field of AT&T Park. However, I wasn’t cheering for the Giants – I was cheering for the arts.

“The Color Red” show at Jingletown Art Studios in Oakland is my first exhibit this year. Red represents power and courage. I often use red in my artwork to show the remarkable resilience and fortitude of my heroes. My pieces emphasize the diversity of experiences, that they make on their journey.

I’m honored to show my art at the offices of California’s State Senator Scott Wiener, who is the author of SB 35, which will help California create more housing at all income levels. HOUSING  is an exhibit by 18 Bay Area artists, that is looking at the meaning of this place we call home. 

I recently got invited for the “2018 Hearts in SF” Public Art Program. Everyone knows the giant hearts at the city’s core in Union Square. The sculptures can be spotted throughout the city and beyond. 

The SF Summer of Love art exhibition at Dada Gallery displayed works that show the adventurous and colorful counterculture movement that took place in San Francisco in 1967. Various liberation and transcendence movements mark this period. 

Sometimes it is easier to say you will paint something than to actually do it. I have painted a lot of Monarch Butterflies all over the Bay Area, but putting my butterfly magic on the Court Square for the Chalk Festival in Redwood City was a complete different story.

San Francisco is a field of creative flowers that bloom through the cracks of cement. I feel honored to be part of the Urban Wallflower pop-up art gallery at Westfield San Francisco Centre. 

We know lots of great things like Google, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft started in garages. But here’s something you don’t see very often in a garage: A life-size cow. And not just any cow; we’re talking about a bright colored unicorn-zebra-cow.

I have paired up with artist Steve Sweetser to bring some of my kickass women to the Portola Neighborhood. While Steve focuses with his Frida Kahlo portraits on a historic figure, I present women in an apocalyptic world at the art-in-neighborhoods exhibition from ArtSpan.

The “Art in a Different Light” Art Show at 111 Minna Gallery is almost a tradition. I am participation for the third time in this black light show. While the last two years I was investigating my identity and personal experiences, this year I became more political with my work that emphasizes the resistance after the election. 

Most people hearing the term „endangered species” think of grizzly bears, manatees or whales rather than small wildlife animals. Although many of these small creatures are unknown to us, they are important parts of our ecosystem.

It's Monarch Butterfly season in the Bay Area. But where did they go? Earlier this year, I reported about my little Monarch invasion in Redwood City, and how their life cycles and marvelous migration from the United States and Canada down to Mexico inspired a whole series of Monarch Butterfly murals. 

Right in the middle of Berlin lies the Haus Schwarzenberg – a place were you can still feel the rebellious spirit of house occupation after the wall came down. Haus Schwarzenberg apparently fits perfectly my concept of “Entropy”.