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Individual Exhibitions


2022
If you build it they will come, LOKAL-INT, Biel/Bienne

2021
Passtime Paradise, Marginal Gallery, Zurich

2019                           
The Bird In My Hands, Herrero Studio, San José, Costa Rica


2018                            
It’s for the birds, Die Diele, Zurich
Zimmerplfanzen in Residence,  Kunsthalle 3000/Kunstverein Langenhagen

2017
El Hogar De Las Plantas, MADC, San José, Costa Rica
Efecto Invernadero, Alianza Francesa, San José Costa Rica

2016                           
Going To/Coming From, Xchanges Gallery & Studios, Victoria BC
Plants in Residence, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria, BC
A Selection of Plants, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria BC
House Plants On Tour, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria BC
Una Superficie Tangible, The FiftyFifty Arts Collective, Victoria BC
Uno No Siente El Día, Michael J. Audain Gallery UVic, Victoria BC


Group Exhibitions


2022

EARTHBOUND, Windhager von Kaenel, Zurich

Rebuilding Connections, Edition VFO, Zurich

Plant Kingdom, Budapest Galèria, Budapest, Hungary

8th Biennale Gherdeina, Val Gardena, Italy

Re-appearing Imaginaries, MISK Art Institut, Riyahd, KSA

How to be Organic, SALTS, Basel

Nos Gusta La Mala Vida, Galerie Eeeh!, Nyon

2021


World’s Rainbow, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel

Cubo Negro, MADC, San José, Costa Rica

Houseplant Portraits, Country SALTS, Basel

Hotel Simplon, Giulietta, Basel

Follow the Birds, étage 19, Nidau

Houseplant Portraits (w/Samuel Leuenberger), Villa Wenkenhof, Riehen

Emergency, AMORE, Basel

ACT Performance Festival, Arsenic, Lausanne

It Almost Felt Like the Voice of a Close Friend, curated by Julie Marmet, Geneva


2020                          

Erbacce, Monza, Italy

"Hands that feed", re-performed by Thomas Geiger, part of 4th Festival of Minimal Actions, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria 

Ärt, St. Alban-Anlage 67, Basel

This Thin Edge, la_cápsula, Zurich

2019                           

Nature Distante, CAN Neuchatel
DIGIT, Arad Art Museum, Romania
VOLUMES, Kunshalle Zurich
Ingesta, TEOR/ética, San Jose, Costa Rica

2018                           
Launch, Enact, Berlin
House Warming, Hamlet, Zurich, 
Water Yump, Museum Tinguely/Buero, Basel
La Tigra Performance Festival, Reunion, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

2017                  
9-11/11- 9, MADC, San José, Costa Rica
Festival de Performance, Despacio, Costa Rica

2016
Archivo Abierto, Fundación YAXS, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Horizonte Rocola, as a part of the collective Islas Resonantes, X Bienal Centroamericana, Puerto Limón, Costa Rica
Recreaciones A-1/2016 Tras Aníbal López, Despacio, Costa Rica
D.I.Y LIFE: Art+Science+Ecology Fair, Victoria, BC
Between Amongst and Away, dc3 Art Projects, Edmonton AB
Iterations: UVic BFA Graduating Exhibition, University of  Victoria     
Approach, Michael J. Audain Gallery UVic, Victoria BC

2015                          
Synergy, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria BC
Antimatter-media art, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria BC


Residencies


REUNION CAN, Centre d’art Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Hotel Atelier, Message Salon, Zurich, Switzerland      
El ruido que precede el silencio, CCE Costa Rica
Karaoke Todos Los Días, Despacio, San José, Costa Rica
Alter Academia, TEOR/ética, San José Costa Rica


Studies


Insitut Kunst FHNW, MA, Visual Arts (2019-2021)
University of Victoria, BFA, Visual Arts (2013-16)
Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) Faculty of Architecture (2012-13)



Workshops, Artist Talks & Performances


2017               
Los Bosques Posibles, Drawing workshop in collaboration with Ayami   Awazuhara, Despacio, San José, Costa Rica
En las grietas Crecen Helechos. Drawing workshop, in collaboration with Dominique Ratton, TEMPORAL, Panama

2016   
Artist Talk: ¿Why do we look at animals and plants? Centro Cultural de España, San José, Costa Rica
Artist Talk: Performing in Public Space, Universidad Hispanoamericana, San Jose, Costa Rica
Artist Talk, Xchanges Gallery & Studios, Victoria BC
Artist Talk, dc3 Art Projects, Edmonton AB

2015                            
Artist Talk, FiftyFifty Arts Collective, Victoria BC

2014
Proyecciones Impromptu + Festival Vimeo Escuela de Arquitectura UCR, San José

2013   
How to look at clouds: Shared Actions and Community Recreation
School of Environmental Studies UVic, Victoria BC