✷ what is public/personal? ✷ is identity defined by the flesh, or something unnamable? ✷ how are we activated by nonhuman kin? ✷ how deep do our layers go?  



XeO is a gender-obsessed mark-maker in transit. XeO’s creative interests tend toward hypertextural renderings and colorplay using graphite and colored pencil. XeO subverts the ostentatious realm of fine arts by asserting the artistic value of otherwise overlooked formats, such as zines/comics/graphic illustration, textile creatures, gifted minutia, fashion, body modification and adornment as art that permeates daily life.

the who that  

resides in

the sheets







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XeO is enamored with queer bodies, rest+play, interactivity, monetary rejection, and mediums which allow souls to germinate within crafted objects.



flaw ✷ desire ✷ compassion ✷ spontaneity ✷ flaw ✷ desire ✷ compassion ✷ spontaneity ✷ flaw ✷ desire ✷ compassion ✷ spontaneity ✷

solo exhibitions        

THE GIRL'S COFFEEHOUSE, ABQ NM
cat-shaped heart; artist talk and HILA major capstone project exhibition of seven risograph-printed perzines

2025


UNM COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS OFFICE, ABQ NM
WITH LOVE; A solo exhibition featuring an extracurricular foray into textile sculpture

2024-2025




group exhibitions        

THE GROOVE ARTSPACE, ABQ NM
fiber art and fashion showcase; curated group exhibition with community artists

2025


UNM COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS OFFICE, ABQ NM
LISTENING FOR CHANGE; A pop-up final class exhibition by Listening to Create Change (S2024)

2024 may 1st


HARWOOD ART CENTER, ABQ NM
ALL TOGETHER; Annual group exhibition by local artists

2024


JOHN SOMMERS GALLERY LOBBY, ABQ NM
COLOR DECEIVES CONTINUOUSLY; A collaborative exhibition by Color Disobedience

2024


RAINOSEK GALLERY, GEORGE PEARL HALL, ABQ NM
DESIGNING THE FUTURE; An interdisciplinary student exhibition

2024


HARWOOD ART CENTER, ABQ NM
12x12; Annual fundraising exhibition by local artists

2023


SPECTRA GALLERY, ABQ NM
GROUP EXHIBITION; Honors college student showcase

2023-2024


CLOWN SCHOOL GALLERY, SANTA FE NM
CLOWN SCHOOL FUNERAL; A collaborative show with New Mexican artists

2023


JOHN SOMMER’S GALLERY, ABQ NM
FEEDBACK; A collaborative exhibition by Land Arts of the American West 2021

2021


JOHN SOMMER’S GALLERY, ABQ NM
UNDERGRADUATE JURIED EXHIBITION with juror Corey Pickett

2021





publications              


Scribendi

2026

Cat-Shaped Heart

2025

NAEBINARY

2025

Conceptions Southwest

2024, 2025, 2026

HOME zine (LGBTQ Resource Center)

2024

The Daily Lobo (asst. comics/illustrations)

2024-2025





education                

Honors Integrated Liberal Arts BA, LAIS (Graphic Illustration) - University of New Mexico Honors College

2023-2025


BFA (Drawing/Studio Arts) - University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts

2020-2025