What pieces or projects have you been working on lately?
I spent my early childhood by the beach, in Río de Janeiro. After my parents’ divorce, we moved to Ciudad de México, my mother’s home country—but only for a short time. Plans changed, and I attended third grade in Varsovia during the fall of the Caída del Muro de Berlín. Later, my mom decided we would move to Playa del Carmen in 1994, when it was still an untouched beach town. There, at just fourteen, I got my first tattoo. Some time later, Hurricane Roxana drove us out, and we returned to Ciudad Satélite. I currently live in the middle of nowhere in Tennessee, United States.
Lately, I’ve been working alongside my partner on a multimedia project that intersects performance, video, and music, incorporating my handmade masks and analog photography. All my photographs are analog, driven by a need to materialize memories.
What did you learn (or unlearn) while working on them?
What I learned—and unlearned—while working on these projects was the importance of imperfection. As they say in English, “happy accidents,” which are now always welcome to me.
What words, ideas or emotions were going through your head?
The words, ideas, and emotions that ran through my mind were: follow your instinct, don’t overthink it, and lastly, it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
Were there any conversations, movies, music, or books that made their way into that work?
My inspiration is everywhere—that’s what I love about photography: if you look, you’ll find it. I truly don’t need much to get creative. It’s a fact that music and film have profoundly influenced my path. I seek out deep conversations at the slightest provocation.
What is your favorite restaurant and what do you recommend we order?
I love good food, so I have many favorite restaurants, but it’s worth mentioning that the Wagyu taco at OnceMil is on another level—it doesn’t even need salsa.
If your life were a movie this month, what would it be called and who would write the soundtrack?
If this month my life were a film, the title would be: Second Chances Are White, and the soundtrack would be by Anna von Hausswolff.
Recommend one or more artists you follow who inspire you, and tell us what you like most about their work or their way of working.
These are the artists I would recommend in 2026. Musically: Brutalismus 3000, a German music group that reminds me of one of my favorite bands, Atari Teenage Riot. Film: I’m currently obsessed with Park Chan-wook. Photography: Charalampos Kydonakis. Books: anything written by Haruki Murakami. I like these artists because they’re direct—or as we say in Mexico, they don’t mince words.
For years, I enjoyed being in front of the camera as the lead singer of a musical project and also as a model. Now I know I love being behind the lens. Without leaving performance behind, the camera has become another limb of my body—I’m not complete without it.