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ARCHIVOS SUBVERSIVOS began as a research project when I was invited to exhibit at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies in February, 2007. The idea was to create a new series of works based on the collection at the Centro archives. However the project soon lent itself to the opportunity of expanding my on-going series of paintings exploring the repression suffered by the Puerto Rican independence movement under the US military and government surveillance campaigns. This work is now developing into a series that will serve to document the individuals impacted by this political repression, the oppressive tactics employed in attempting to suffocate the Puerto Rican independence movement, as well as acts of resistance by the Puerto Rican community that American schools would rather have us forget.
ARCHIVOS SUBVERSIVOS will serve to catalog this information in a visual format, accessible to our communities, helping to keep the legacy and spirit of Puerto Rican resistance against imperialism alive and well.
The Artist Discussion at Cemi Underground will take place on September 12 to commemorate the birthday of the Father of Puerto Rican Nationalism, Don Pedro Albizu Campos. A featured painting focuses on how Don Pedro was tortured by the US government via radiation experiments resulting in his death from cancer in 1965. Another image is dedicated to the (in)famous Hartford Wells Fargo "heist" of 1983, which also took place on September 12.

See you Sept. 12 at Cemi!