Title: Todo Cabe en una Arepa (Everything Fits in an Arepa)
Role: Concept Creator, Photographer, Art Director, Set Designer
Description: This conceptual still life is part of an ongoing visual series exploring cultural identity through surreal, object-based storytelling. In Todo Cabe en una Arepa, I fuse two iconic symbols from my Venezuelan heritage (the arepa and the game of dominó) to explore the intimacy of cultural rituals, everyday memories, and the way identity gets “stuffed” into small, familiar forms.
The piece plays with humor and absurdity while staying rooted in themes of connection, nostalgia, and cultural fusion. By replacing the traditional filling of an arepa with dominó tiles, the image blurs the line between sustenance and social ritual — a visual metaphor for how culture is consumed, shared, and carried.
As Creative Director and Photographer, I developed the concept, sourced the materials, styled the set, and captured the final image. The minimalist composition, warm lighting, and handcrafted elements were intentionally chosen to echo the homemade, tactile feel of the cultural references.
Artist Statement
My work is a visual dialogue between culture, memory, and the absurd. I build images that start with the familiar ( food, objects, rituals) and twist them into surreal compositions that challenge how we see identity.
My work is a visual dialogue between culture, memory, and the absurd. I build images that start with the familiar ( food, objects, rituals) and twist them into surreal compositions that challenge how we see identity.
As a Venezuelan creative director and photographer, I’m drawn to the textures of my upbringing: the sound of a moka pot, the clack of dominó tiles, the warmth of shared meals. But instead of documenting them directly, I reimagine them. In Todo Cabe en una Arepa, I use humor and visual metaphor to reflect on how culture gets passed down, stuffed into symbols, and made portable Just like an arepa.
These staged moments are both playful and loaded. They’re not nostalgia; they’re reinterpretations, snapshots of how personal heritage, daily rituals, and imagination collide.