My work explores the oscillation between reality and otherworldly places, guided by a need to transform my surroundings into enchanting spaces. Parts and pieces of pastel dreams emerge as spectral echoes of semi-corporeal creatures inhabit an in-between place—a dreamlike mezzanine where these elements intersect with the planes of reality, shaping an alternate realm called SP4RKL3_FiLTH_CL0UD_NiN3.

Using vibrant colors and intricate constructions, material binaries blur as I layer and transform the elemental algorithms of this realm through blind contour drawing and experimental metalworking techniques, such as electroforming. Stones, minerals, and sticks are combined with industrial materials like epoxy putty and high-pigment paints to recode organic detritus into new, ethereal technologies wielded by the realm’s inhabitants to fabricate artifacts of their existence.

Through making and storytelling, I actualize each creature with purpose while dreaming of how they contribute to the ecosystem of our etheric world. This process brings clarity and reveals a unique visual language that decodes the elemental resonance of these artifacts and their connection to the queer subtleties of the world around me. 

By allowing myself to grow together with the lore of another world, I reconcile the fragmented narratives I once used to define myself. In doing so, SP4RKL3_FiLTH_CL0UD_NiN3 becomes a space for navigating my trans and queer experience, where effulgent ecologies coalesce to create a place for deconstructing and reconstructing myself in alignment with the creatures that inhabit it.

Shop their work in-person and online with Sifuentes Metalsmith, the Metal Museum gallery, and in-person only at Kendal Reiss Gallery in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Sulo is represented by INTRO by Galerie Marzee in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Sifuentes Metalsmith in San Antonio, Texas.