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Visual Artist
The Spaces Within
Artist's Books
This compilation of books traces the spaces that have shaped Jazmín’s life. Presented through a subtle chronology, the investigation unfolds across volumes that together form a woven tapestry of stories spanning from 1969 to the present day.
The books inspired further exploration across other media, including photo performance, stop-motion, collage, mixed media artworks, and ceramics.
Some visuals may contain coarse language, nudity, depictions of violence, or references to suicide.
Viewer discretion is advised.
MY SNOOPY SUITCASE
In a home where shouting replaces lullabies, young Jazmín retreats to her quiet room, a safe place amid the chaos. Dolls line the shelves, dresses hang neatly in the closet, and at the foot of her bed sits a Snoopy suitcase, her secret companion. Each night, as her parents’ arguments echo through the door, Jazmín imagines her “escape plans” using her Snoopy suitcase. She envisions what she would pack: one night, her favorite doll, pajamas, and toothbrush; another, her storybook and long dress; another, her sketchbook and box of crayons. This suitcase becomes a vessel of comfort, taking Jazmín far from reality. A childhood game becomes, in her adult life, the very tool she turns to when life grows difficult.
THE GIRL WITH A UNIBROW
Bullied for her bold unibrow at school in Buenos Aires, young Jazmín seeks comfort from her father and learns from him the story of the remarkable Persian Princess Qajar and feels an instant connection realizing they share something in common: their unibrow. Inspired by the princess’s confidence and boldness, Jazmín learns to stand up for herself and celebrate what sets her apart from the other girls.
AT THE MALL
In a girly room, dolls line the shelves, dresses hang neatly in the closet, and at the foot of the bed sits a Snoopy suitcase. Young Jazmín loves to play with dolls because they allow her to create a world where perfect mamis and papis are happy together. When she sees her mami walking past her bedroom door, carrying shopping bags filled with shoes and high-end clothes, she asks her to sit and play with her. “I can’t play with you now, Jazmín.” These words carry a hidden message that young Jazmín barely understands at the time.
As an adult, she returns to her childhood room to parent, care for, and love this inner, wounded child, realizing that healing young Jazmín is key to facing painful challenges in the present.
As an adult, she returns to her childhood room to parent, care for, and love this inner, wounded child, realizing that healing young Jazmín is key to facing painful challenges in the present.
REIGNED BY ORDER & CHAOS
Reigned by two selves, order and chaos, Jazmín moves through four cities: Buenos Aires, Haifa, Vancouver, and Oaxaca, letting each take control when needed. One self whispers of rules, duty, and the safety of the known; the other dances in wild imagination, creation, and uncharted freedom. As both forces take turns shaping her journey, Jazmín comes to realize how fortunate she is to be guided by the wisdom born from their balance.
DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA
In the shadow of Argentina’s brutal 1970s dictatorship, young Jazmín senses danger both on the streets and at home, where loud screams conceal fear and violence. Raised with a strong Jewish identity, she feels sheltered from reality. When she asks her mother if President Videla is a good leader, she’s told not to question adult matters. As her parents’ fights intensify during the Falklands conflict, her family quietly falls apart, and the truth about her country slowly emerges, revealing a chilling façade. Years of tyranny leave behind a legacy of state terror, disappearances, and complicity that shatter generations and silence a nation.
I HAVE SET YOU BEFORE MY EYES
Mimicking the symmetry of a Shiviti, an ancient Jewish practice in which the word “God” is placed at the center as a reminder of its significance, Jazmín, whose name in Persian means “a gift from God", places herself at the heart of this series. Once centered, the symmetric format of the Shiviti traces the silent imprints of every place she has called home.
Through words and images, she weaves a tapestry of memory and meaning, where the past flows into the present and each place becomes a mirror to the questions life poses to her.
Through words and images, she weaves a tapestry of memory and meaning, where the past flows into the present and each place becomes a mirror to the questions life poses to her.
REWRITING THE RECIPE
Jazmín was raised on generations of culinary traditions and excellence. Her fondest memories revolve around food and celebrations. Yet she realizes that the only legacy her grandmothers, aunts, and mother truly left her is their recipes. She feels the weight of their sacrifices and the dreams left behind. Though she has raised her sons with the same values and traditions, this realization frightens her because she knows her true calling lies beyond the kitchen. Now, she must redefine the legacy she hopes to leave her three sons.
UNFINISHED
'Jazmín is so talented,’ said her mamá. ‘Jazmín is so talented,’ said her papá. Jazmín has always been a creative soul. No one ever doubted she’d become an artist. But now, in her fifties, caught between undeniable talent and her loud inner voices of self-doubt, she struggles to believe that pursuing art still matters. As she wrestles with time, fading dreams, and inner conflict, she is haunted by a single question: will those voices ever fall silent?
THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL
Shaped by Jewish traditions, Jazmín realizes she has lived confined to the roles of the perfect daughter, sister, wife, and mother. The commandments she was raised by no longer serve her, and she now understands the need to redefine her own. On a soul-searching journey to Oaxaca, Mexico, she awakens to a powerful, authentic self and begins rewriting her own rules. But living by this new manifesto demands profound change, leading her into the Dark Night of the Soul, where she encounters the rebirth of a new self screaming, ‘SPEAK UP.’ Through six consecutive acts, Jazmín comes to understand that every step toward authenticity requires an even deeper surrender.
THE PICKET FENCE
Bound by family traditions and the quiet comfort of her life in Vancouver, Jazmín journeys to Oaxaca, Mexico, carrying her beloved Snoopy suitcase, an object that once sparked imaginary adventures during a difficult childhood. Now, as an adult, the suitcase transforms into a quirky creature that invites her to play. By opening it, Jazmín releases a self that had long been contained, a woman who flourishes now that she is no longer confined to a fixed idea of herself. But time is limited, and a return ticket home looms, pulling her back toward duties and familiar roles. Can she ever close her Snoopy suitcase again, or has opening it unleashed a self she can no longer repress? The question remains unresolved behind the walls of her home.
MULTICULTURAL INTEGRATION MACHINE
Known for her fearless fusion of materials and ideas, Jazmín has always viewed art as a meeting place of cultures. But when a confrontation over cultural appropriation shakes her during a stay in Oaxaca, she’s forced to look inward and trace her past in search of answers. In doing so, she discovers that her mind is a ‘multicultural integration machine,’ capable of blending forms, colors, and ideas into new creations. Through this introspective journey, she transforms a moment of crisis into one of self-discovery and artistic renewal.
A TRANSFORMATION MACHINE
In Oaxaca, Jazmín encounters a playful, giant doll that dares her to embark on an inner odyssey through a ‘transformation machine.’ As she moves through the city’s colorful streets, each phase rewires her thinking, challenges old habits and beliefs, and questions her life choices, bringing her closer to a newly discovered self. After completing the transformation, she prepares to return home, only to face a dilemma: how can she embrace this newfound self without compromising her quiet, comfortable, and loving family life in Vancouver?
MY COLORS AND YOURS
Through the intimate process of writing and illustrating a children’s book, Jazmín delves into her creative process to uncover how her mind transforms memories, travels, associations, and multicultural experiences into art. Growing up in a multicultural household in the 1970s, she learned that boundaries between cultures are inextricably intertwined, gifting her a magical ‘kaleidoscope-eye’ unafraid to mix paint, textures, and forms. Inspired by her journeys around the world, her heritage, and her immersion in Oaxacan culture, she navigates the fine line between homage and appropriation, understanding her brain as a ‘Multicultural Integration’ machine, capable of blending the old with the new into uniquely vibrant creations that reveal her singular artistic signature.
SAINT ANGELA
When Jazmín visits her strictly observant father n Israel, she begins to unravel the patriarchal myths that shaped her upbringing: obedience, silence, and what it means to be a ‘good wife.’ Armed with the truth about her grandmother Angela’s secret, Jazmín becomes ‘Saint Angela’, a powerful superwoman who lives by her own commandments and sets out to confront the hypocrisy of the rules created by men to disempower Jewish women - the same rules that have oppressed her grandmothers, aunts, cousins, and mother.”
BOUND BY MEMORY
As antisemitism and far-right hostility spread across North America, Jazmín envisions a chilling scenario: could New York, a city long celebrated for its openness, become a neo-Nazi-like Berlin? She confronts a society steeped in long-held stereotypes and hatred. Haunted by generational trauma and alarmed by online threats and acts of violence, she wonders if North America is drifting toward a Europe of the pre–World War II era. As narratives of Jewish heroism echo in her mind, Jazmín faces a painful dilemma: speak out like the heroes she admires, or remain safely silent.
THE NOISES IN MY HEAD
Shaped by a childhood marked by recurring ear infections linked to trauma, Jazmín enters adulthood with a highly sensitized hearing system. A sudden hearing loss triggers a major health crisis, turning familiar sounds into unbearable noises inside her head. Confronted with emotional despair and the disconnect between a healthy body and a mind overwhelmed by discomfort, she must choose: embrace vulnerability and risk sinking into deep mental and physical depression, or fight to reclaim her former, vibrant self.
UNDER THE RISING TIDE
After October 7th, a new wave of hate emerges as anti-Zionism spreads across North America. Amplified by far-right and far-left ideologies, fear and confusion spill onto the streets and into social media. Jazmín once again envisions a chilling scenario: could New York, a city long celebrated for its openness, become the next epicenter of anti-Jewish sentiment? Haunted by the memories of surviving political conflicts and the wars in 1973, 1991, 2003, 2006 in Israel she is conflicted by rising hatred toward a country she loves, she engages in an anxious, inner dialogue about the future as a Jewish woman, extreme ideologies, and a new, posing question: Am I a Jew? Or am I a Zionist? Am I both?
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