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Artist Statement:
words on Zepeda
Where does the responsibility
lie for the loss of youthful
innocence? We exist in a
society that corrupts through
in-your-face advertising and
commercials pushing sex in
subtle and often flagrant
ways. Our society is obsessed
with sex, but we dangerously
repress this, accepting
televised violence instead of
televised breasts. My works
are centered in the blurred
middle ground where precarious
innocence meets sinister
sexuality, gendered power
gives way to submission, and
forced perspective becomes a
vantage point.
How far is too far?
The girls I depict are older
than adolescent but their eyes
convey lingering immaturity.
Their childlike veneer is
juxtaposed with sexual
representations, pushing the
boundaries of traditional
interpretations of childish
innocence. Originally a
portrayal of women's feelings
about their sexuality and the
adjacent male exploitation, my
work has been shifting to a
bolder expression of power.
For the show If you use your
imagination, big things can
fit in small places , a series
of boxes chronicled the story
of a perverse older man taking
advantage of a young woman.
The more absurd his acts, the
more the viewer is disturbed
by the girl's inability to
control her situation. Midway
through the ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Education
2006 MFA Painting ,
University of Houston
1995 BFA , University of
Texas at Austin
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 Magnificent Obsession,
Irvine Valley College , Irvine
, California
2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition,
Blaffer Gallery, Houston ,
Texas
2006 Small Things in Large
Spaces, Projex Gallery,
Houston, Texas
2005 Encasement:ARTcrawl,
Maripolski Lofts, Houston ,
Texas
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