Publications

This dissertation examines the influence and interrelation of hegemonic and non-hegemonic religions and spiritualities in the arts of Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and California. My case studies include Bogotá's Primer Congreso Mundial de Brujería, the early work of performance artist A k u z u r u in London and Port of Spain, and the sacroprofane aesthetics of Alice Bag, Gerardo Velázquez, Jerry Dreva, and Jerri Allyn in Los Angeles. The argument develops an innovative theoretical framework by incorporating the concept "spiritual promiscuity" into the writing of modern and contemporary art history. It also explores how art and spirituality serve as vehicles for social coalition-building in times of political hardship.

“Mystic Nadaísmo: Tactics of Spiritual Resistance in the Colombian Avant-Garde,” in Esotericism and Visual Arts in Latin America: Experiences, Practices, and Representations, eds. Mauricio Oviedo and Mariano Villalba (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers, 2026). Forthcoming.

"The Epic Intimacies of Rose-Marie Desruisseau and Célestin Faustin," in Queer Surrealism: Methods for Art and Life, 1924–2024, ed. Alex Zivkovic (Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2026). Forthcoming.

“Memória de ouro, corpo cerâmico: The Enduring Art of Aurea Oliveira Santos,” in Visualizing the Americas: Essays in Honor of Edward J. Sullivan, eds. Ilona Katzew and Rachel Kaplan (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2026). Forthcoming.

"Domenico Zindato: An Artist of Ecstatic Interconnections," in Domenico Zindato: On the Dotted Line (New York, NY: Andrew Edlin Gallery, 2025).

“Stipan Tadić: Levity as Resource and Method,” in Stipan Tadić. Metropolis: 36 Views of New York (New York, NY: James Fuentes Gallery, 2023).

“El Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá y la contención política: tensiones entre la definición de lo político en el arte y la (des)articulación de la movilización social," in Horizontes culturales de la historia del arte: aportes para una acción compartida en Colombia, ed. Diego Salcedo Fidalgo (Bogotá: Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, 2018).

"'Doblemente atípicos': arte de la segunda mitad del siglo veinte del archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina," in Dimensión desconocida. Otros relatos del Caribe - 16 Salón Regional de Artistas Zona Caribe, eds. María Isabel Rueda and Mario Llanos (Bogotá: Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia, 2018).

“Espiritualidades no hegemónicas y arte contemporáneo de América Latina y el Caribe,” Boletín Cultural y Bibliográfico, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango 57, no. 104, 2023. Contributions by Carolina Castro Jorquera, Astrid González, Luis Eduardo Luna, and Petrouchka Moïse.

“Spiritual Promiscuity, Psychedelic Interdependence, and The First World Congress of Sorcery,” Entheogenic Review, eds. Jeffrey Breau and Paul Gillis-Smith, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School, 2025.

“Activismo espiritual y contracultura souvenir: el Primer Congreso Mundial de Brujería, 1975,” Boletín Cultural y Bibliográfico, ed. Julián Sánchez González, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango 57, no. 104, 2023.

Case Study of Rubem Valentim’s Untitled (1956–1962), Museum Research Consortium Dossier 5: Gifts from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, 2021.

"Lance de los Reyes", "María Guzmán Capron", and "Koyoltzintli" in Flow States: La Trienal 2024, eds. Rodrigo Moura, Susanna V. Temkin, and María Elena Ortiz (New York, NY: El Museo del Barrio, 2024).

“Max Bill” in Der Unbekannte politische Gefangene, ed. Dorothea Schöne (Berlin: Kunsthaus Dahlem; Wasmuth & Zohlen, 2020).