First September 11-The Chilean Military Coup 1973

My politically charged artworks foreground the often overlooked first September 11. The U.S backed military coup d’état brought General Augusto Pinochet to power and heralded an ominous chapter in my home country's history. In 1971, my parents fled the impending doom of Chile's internationally-backed dictatorship. My family's rich history, political passions, and personal experience inspire this series. My sojourn in 2019 solidified my Latin American identity as an activist artist. I felt entrenched in the history and traditions of the activist artists and poets targeted through the coup d’état. Thousands of leftist academics, artists and activists were rounded up in the stadium. A culture was being deliberately exterminated.