Current Events
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Adventist Health Portland,Textile Artwork
10000 SE Main Street, Suire 142, Portland, OR 97216
My textile artwork is on display at the Adventist Health Portland Hospital. If you are in the neighborhood, check out my three pieces.
Past Events
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Grand Canyon Conservancy - Artist in Residency
Grand Canyon Conservancy
As an Artist in Residence with the Grand Canyon Conservancy, I spent several weeks living and working on the South Rim, creating textile artwork inspired by the landscape, geology, and people who visit the canyon. Being a textile artist who works with salvaged materials, I was drawn to the canyon's layers, history, and immense sense of time.
During my time in the park, I hiked below the rim to Havasupai Gardens, Phantom Ranch, and the Colorado River. Experiencing the canyon from within its layers gave me a deeper appreciation for its scale, beauty, and complexity. The changing colors, textures, and formations influenced both my artwork and the way I thought about time, resilience, and connection to place.
Throughout the residency, I created a series of circular weavings inspired by the canyon's rings, strata, and natural patterns. These included several small and medium-scale works as well as a large circular weaving measuring seven feet in diameter. Working with reclaimed fibers and textiles, I explored ideas of geology, memory, and interconnectedness.
I also led public circular weaving activities for visitors of all ages. Using cardboard looms, yarn, and simple weaving techniques, participants created their own small weavings while reflecting on the layers of the canyon and their own personal stories. These gatherings encouraged people to slow down, make something with their hands, and connect with one another through creativity.
The residency deepened my understanding of the relationship between art, nature, and community. Living alongside wildlife—watching deer rest outside my residence, seeing an elk outside my kitchen window, and observing squirrels moving through the trees—was a daily reminder that I was a guest in a much larger ecosystem.
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Caldera Artist in Residence
Caldera Arts Center
The Caldera Artists in Residence (AiR) program is a multidisciplinary residency based in Central Oregon that offers artists time, space, and support to develop their creative practice in direct relationship with the natural environment. The program brings together artists working across different disciplines and career stages for short-term residencies in a forested campus on the rim of a volcanic caldera.
During my residency at Caldera, I focused on expanding my practice of circular weaving, working at a larger scale than I had previously attempted. The circular form is central to my work because it reflects cycles, continuity, and the way experiences return and transform over time. Working at a larger scale also slowed my process and allowed me to respond more directly to the landscape and environment around me.
One of the pieces I created is titled El Ojo (“The Eye”). This work is about observation and awareness. I was thinking about how attention changes what we notice in the world—the movement of wind, shifts in light, and subtle changes in the land. The circular structure became a way to hold that act of looking, like a lens gathering and focusing experience.
Another piece, Búho (“Owl”), comes from a dream I had during the residency. In the dream, an owl and a hawk moved through a landscape filled with tension between natural and industrial spaces. I translated that imagery into layered textiles and color, focusing on the feeling of the dream rather than a literal scene. For me, the owl represents intuition and listening to inner vision as part of the creative process.
The third work, The Basin, was inspired by the Caldera landscape, especially the burnt forest and its textures. I was moved by the charred trees, open spaces, and the sense of renewal after fire. Through weaving, I worked with these impressions to reflect cycles of destruction, resilience, and regeneration.
Together, these pieces reflect my response to place, memory, and observation. Working in a short residency period, textiles allow me to hold fragments of experience—colors, textures, and impressions—and carry them forward through material form.
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Portland Open Studios 2025
833 SE Main St, Studio #231, ActivSpace
Come visit my little open studio! This is my first year participating as an artist in the Portland Open Studios Tour, thanks to a Molly Cliff Hilts Scholarship for Historically Marginalized Artists. I'm Studio #46, in the Inner Southeast tour.
Studios are open October 11-12, 18-19, 10AM - 4PM.
Look for signs leading you to the elevator call box. I'm in Suite 231.
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Grizzly Grizzly Art Space-Eye
319 N 11th St Fl 2, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Grizzly Grizzly is an artist-run curatorial collective and gallery space in Philadelphia, PA.
After/Time Collective brought our art to them and they are going to bring art here. I was one of the artists:Orquidia Violeta is a salvage textile artist based in Oregon whose work draws from a rich tradition of handcraft to tell colorful stories of migration, identity, and resilience. A former refugee, Violeta uses embroidery, weaving, eco-dyeing, and fiber collage to create tactile, narrative-driven works. Her pieces are held in collections including Multnomah County Public Art and Seattle City Light.
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April Showers Bring May Flowers
Walters Cultural Arts Center
Say goodbye to the harshness of winter and celebrate the coming of springtime by visiting April Showers Bring May Flowers, a new exhibit showcasing botanical work from local artists. A bright celebration of color and whimsy, stroll through the gallery as you would a garden, happening upon acrylic roses, watercolor mushrooms, pen and ink blooms, and more!
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Mundo de las Mujeres
Milagro Theater
Celebrating All Women With Mundo de las Mujeres!
We’re excited to announce our second annual Women’s History Month Festival! Join us for a week of art, culture, and powerful stories honoring Latina/e voices and experiences.
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Rostros Solo Exhibition
Umpqua Valley Arts - Gallery II
1624 W Harvard Ave.
Roseburg, Oregon 97471Opening Reception: Friday, January 17th | 4-7 PM
The Rostros exhibition
The Rostros are a series of abstract textile portraits that depict individual faces. In addition to anatomical features like mouths, noses, ears, and hair, the Rostros are patterned with what could be perceived as wrinkles, scars, or tattoos — records of their lived experiences, origins, tribal affiliations. Their corresponding environmental backgrounds help explain how the Rostros live in the world. They look directly at the viewer with open eyes, telling stories of where they came from, and where they are going.
The Rostros artworks are made entirely from salvaged fabrics and found objects that have origin stories of their own: woven traditionally-loomed fabric from Oaxaca, scraps from Oregon mills, and second-hand salvage from friends. The infinite combinations possible from the myriad textile elements reflect the many ways our history, environment, and random events combine to create who we are.
Viewers may be surprised to find in the chaotic assemblages of the Rostros, faces that look familiar, friends or family they recognize, or possibly a reflection of themselves.
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Chalecos Protector Solo Exhibition
After/Time Collective Gallery
My first solo textile artwork exhibition.
See 16 Chalecos Protector series vests on displayRead about the exhibition in the Willamette Week, part of their cover story Gallery View: A Glimpse Into the Next Era of Portland’s Visual Arts Scene.
About the Chalecos Protector exhibition
The Chalecos Protector (Protective Vests) are vibrant wearable textile artworks that tell stories and offer protection. Each vest is a unique refuge depicting mythical heroines and others finding balance in the midst of conflict, disorder and darkness.The vests serve as physical armor against chaotic external elements. They incubate a deep sense of protection — understanding origin, examining identity, and acknowledging vulnerability.
The Protective Vests document periods of personal breakthrough, summoning strength, and discovering refuges during challenging times. When the world feels closed and we turn inward, the vests are a sanctuary.
The Protective Vests assembled in this space together form ramparts of power and peace, a fortification against fear. You are invited to surround yourself with their protection, to feel brave as we regroup.
Listen to the stories the vests tell — of heroines, nature, rain, trees, animals, dreams, and magic. Transcend conflict, injury, pollution, fire, and mortality within the shelter of the Chalecos Protector.
After/Time Collective Gallery
735 SW 9th Avenue #110, Portland, Oregon 97205Opening and Reception: Thursday, October 3, 6-9PM
Textile Month Workshop: Thursday, October 17, 6-9PMGallery hours:
Tuesdays 6-8PM
Thursdays 6-8PM
Saturdays 12-5PMClosing: November 2, 5PM 2024
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3rd Annual Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibit & Showcase
Brookwood Library
The vibrant diversity of the Hillsboro community is on display at the Hillsboro Public Library with the opening of the 3rd Annual Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibit and Showcase, sponsored by Elysium Art Empowerment Collective.
This year’s event will be a celebration of Hispanic art, culture, and expression, taking place from September 1 through October 31.
The exhibit has expanded from eight artists in its inaugural year to showcasing 22 talented local artists this year.
Brookwood Library
2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro OregonThe Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibit is free and open to the public during library hours.
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Beaverton City Hall Idealpdx: Chromatic Tapestry Show
12725 SW Millikan Way. Beaverton
The first time I'm in the Latino artist collective, Idealpdx. We have beautiful artworks at Beaverton City Hall called Chromatic Tapestry.
The art show will go on April 2 thru May 24, 2024.
You'll get to see my Tianguis Series first, four, and five floors.
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Happy Winter Solstice!
Happy Winter Solstice! I have two galleries that have my textile work and two shops that have my wearable artwork.
I have it on display at Walters Cultural Arts Center. I have four textile art pieces. You can buy the artwork and take it on the same day!
And two are on display at Blind Insect Gallery. There I have three Guardian Spirits.
The shops that have my wearable artwork are Milieu Collective and Amity in downtown. All of the shops carry my Adventure Vest for your little one.
Thank you for supporting my textile artwork and Happy Holidays.
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Small Wonders: Exhibition and Sale
Patricia Reser Center For The Arts, 12625 SW Crescent St, Beaverton, OR 97005
Join me for an artist reception at the Patricia Reser Center For The Arts in Beaverton, and enjoy viewing the Small Wonders Exhibition and Sale. November 3, 6-9 PM.
See my new Tianguis textile art series in person. I will see you there!
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Weaving in a Circle
Lords Luggage 3616 SE Knapp Street Portland, OR 97202 United States
Let's discover captivating patterns, cultural ties, and our unique selves through circular weaving.
October 22, 11-2 PM.
Register at Portland Textile Month. See you there!
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Little Sitka
Four new textile artworks, with a video and sound installation created during my three month residency at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology.
The Salmon River estuary on the Oregon Coast is a magical place. I brought a little bit of that magic back for you to see, hear, and feel during this one day show in my Portland textile art studio.
View the entire Sitka series.
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Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
Otis, Oregon
I had the honor of attending a three month residency on the Oregon coast at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. It's a beautiful place where the Salmon River meets the Pacific Ocean. My first residency. As much as I looked forward to having this time to focus on developing my artwork, and be inspired by the natural landscape, it was the relationships formed with the other residents that had the biggest impact on me. Immersion in a collaborative atmosphere with writers, photographers, musicians and scientists from around the world opened me up to new perspectives.
This concentrated eclectic community was a special opportunity for me to understand and witness how my own unique stories, experience, artwork, and self have the power to directly influence and uplift the stories and practices of those around me — my community. And in exchange, I allowed my practice to be shaped by them.
A resident biologist’s efforts to save the spring Chinook found them swimming through my piece Salmon Year. A trip together to the Chachalu Museum and Cultural Center in Grande Ronde, and a private meeting with tribal elders informed Plumas (Feathers). The breathtaking ecology of the Oregon Coast as experienced by our temporary community is captured in my Cascade Head and Wapiti (Elk) artworks.
View the entire Sitka series.
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Sitka Center Art and Ecology Open Studios
Otis, Oregon
Open Studio Event at Sitka Center
Come and enjoy the music, reading and art from our Sitka residents. It's on Friday, March 31, 2-5pm
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Indigenous Voices Art Show
Walters Cultural Arts Center
Come over and celebrate Dia de los Muertos at Walters Cultural Arts Center. The first Tuesday of each month, November 1, 5-8pm. There will be Aztec dancers, Alters and an art opening!
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Sellwood/Moreland Farmers Market
1650 SE Claybourne , Portland, OR 97202
Itś the last day I am going to be at the wonderful Sellwood/Moreland Farmers Market. Come by and get veggie-onesies, bibs, and dresses! I will see you there:)
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LatinX PDX Art Show
Multnomah Arts Center 7688 SW Capitol Hwy Portland, OR 97219
Multnomah Arts Center is proud to present LATINX PDX, a multimedia exhibit celebrating Latin American artists in the Portland area.
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My People's Market
The Moda Center
My People’s Market is a marketplace re-imagined as a gathering of Portland’s diverse and vibrant entrepreneurs, makers, artists, culinary wizards, and beverage crafters.
I'll be there selling my veggie-line: veggie-onesies, veggie--bibs and veggie-dresses! All are made with salvage materials.
See ya there!
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Shift: an Experiment in Fashion Design
For the past two years, I had the opportunity to mentor youth designers during SHIFT: an Experiment in Fashion Design. This collaborative fashion show moved online during the pandemic, so I mentored students via Zoom. It was a pleasure to do this, being able to collaborate on artwork at all, and inspire young artists during this time was a cherished experience.
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Portland Textile Community Spotlight
I sincerely appreciate to Portland Textile Month for choosing me and my textile art!
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Cracked Pots Holiday Shop
7410 N. Chicago Ave. Portland, OR 97203
You can find my wild orchid Goddess headdresses during the Holiday at Crackedpots!
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Portland Textile Month
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art-1855 SW Broadway Steet Portland, OR 97201 United States
Inspired by Japanese Renga poetry and Surrealist Exquisite Corpse drawings, participants will create a collaborative woven poem
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https://www.wilsonvillearts.org/current-exhibition
https://www.wilsonvillearts.org/
I embroidered this piece to help myself relax during the Covid-19 pandemic. I am surrounding myself with my friends, the plants, to shield me from harm, and to support my colorful heart that gives me life. That is a dream I had not too long from now.
Plantas Mi Amigos is on view at https://www.wilsonvillearts.org/current-exhibition?pgid=kk32q32j-b771841f-4c0b-4318-b3d0-d4002e235c31
Thank you for support,
Orquidia Violeta
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BikeCraft
Double Tree-1000 NE Multonomah St. Portland, OR 97232
I will be selling handmade kids superhero push-bike t-shirt, bibs, and ponchos!