In 2017 I moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota, and soon after started working on a new idea and series about the meaning of home. I visit Perú once a year, but recently it feels different. In the last years visiting Perú doesn’t evoke the same emotional response as it did years ago. I lived in North Dakota for 15 years and I thought of it as a second home until the end of 2016. Then I made the decision to move. I am new to the Twin Cities and plan to stay for a while, however is too soon to call it home.

Today, when I think of home it is no more a current physical location and beloved relatives. Home has become a recollection of memories, in particular memories from my childhood, when I spent most of my time at grandma’s house along with my brother and sister and numerous cousins. Both of my parents were young, strong and alive then. (My dad passed away three years ago.) I began to present those memories through sculptures of TV show characters from my childhood during late 70s and early 80s. In this new series I choose to represent Japanese characters and cover them with Mochica designs.
Mazinger GG is one of the first sculptures in the series of Home and Memories.