This series is presented as a small tribute to those who inspire me. Those who have moved abroad searching for a better life.⁠

These images invite us to reconfigure the presence of the absent. Through painting, I try to give an updated identity and represent the presence of facial features that have been transformed after long years of not being seen.⁠

Jesús Rojas⁠⠀
38 años⁠ / 38 years⁠ old⁠⠀
Migrante legal desde 2016⁠ / Legal migrant since 2016⁠⠀
En busca de su sueño⁠ / Searching for his dream⁠⠀
En San Diego, California⁠ E. U.⁠ / In San Diego, California⁠⠀E. U.⁠⁠⠀

Laura Jaqueline Alvarado P.⁠ / Laura Jaqueline Alvarado P.⁠⠀
14 años.⁠ / 14 years.⁠⠀
La menor desapareció desde el año 2010 en la ruta migratoria, sin dejar rastro.⁠ / A minor disappeared since 2010 on the migration route without a trace.⁠⠀

Nora Morález Diego.⁠⠀
23 años / 23 years.⁠⠀
Migrante oaxaqueña⁠ indocumentada / Oaxacan Indigenous migrant⁠ undocumented⁠⠀
Desaparecida desde el año 2001 / Disappeared since 2001⁠⠀