Exhibition History

"Rhizomatic" at Wildflower Center, Austin, TX | March-December 2025 Large-scale installation featuring 30 double-sided tapestries in a circular path, exploring Texas native plants through cultural narratives and scientific knowledge. The installation merges indigenous perspectives with conservation, highlighting ten species including Purple Coneflower, Solidago, and Nopal across seasonal cycles.

"Stay Wild" - Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX | November 2024 Group exhibition and light installation exploring nature's resilience in urban and wild environments. Artists interpret ecological connections through painting, video art, collage, and light installation, examining relationships between environments, pollinators, and plants.

"Native Waters," Austin, TX | 2024 Site-specific video collage celebrating Austin's biodiversity through interconnected waterways. Features footage from the Wildflower Center, Lady Bird Lake, and San Marcos River ecosystems, highlighting native species and their relationships. Border motifs draw from indigenous symbolism, honoring the region's cultural and natural heritage.

"Rhizomatic" at Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, IL | June 2024 Installation explores interconnectedness inspired by Deleuze and Guattari, celebrating diversity through the power of rhizomatic thought in plant stories.

"Yanaguana Garden" at Luminaria San Antonio, Yanaguana Garden | 2023 Essentials Creative designed a site-specific installation for Luminaria 2023. Inspired by the Payaya people and San Antonio's origin myths, the installation features illuminated tapestries on the arches of Yanaguana Garden in Hemisfair, creating a mystical ambiance honoring the land and its indigenous heritage.

"Afterworld: Zen Garden" at Asian American Resource Center (AARC), Austin, TX | April 2023 An immersive installation celebrating multiculturalism and diversity, drawing inspiration from afterlife beliefs across different cultures (e.g., Obon and Day of the Dead). The space promotes inclusivity and understanding for all ages and backgrounds, encouraging recognition and appreciation of shared experiences.

"Afterworld" at Presa House Gallery, San Antonio, TX | October 2022 A multicultural art installation exploring traditional autumn celebrations through digital works, altar displays, video, and light experimentation.

"I AM YOUR RELATIVE" by Jeffrey Gibson at The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada | May 2022 An exhibition presenting underrepresented narratives and uplifting historically silenced voices. Gibson invited the public to submit snapshots of their stories through digitally rendered visual media.

"Interwoven Throughout Eternity" at Ivester Contemporary Gallery, Austin, TX | September-October 2021 Digital collage prints and animated NFTs, exploring the interconnectedness of human and non-human.

San Antonio Street Art, San Antonio, TX | April 2021 Sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon. Essentials installed large-scale murals as public art in Downtown San Antonio.

"Mask Show" at San Antonio Central Library, San Antonio, TX | February 2020 Essentials Creative presented an exhibition of artists and designers celebrating the myths and sacred powers of masks.

"Due East" at Big Medium: Canopy, Austin, TX | November 2019 Essentials Creative created a site-specific wallpaper and light installation.

Tempo 2D at 1401 Bolm Rd, Austin, TX | September 2019 Essentials Creative hosted a portrait/collage workshop resulting in a colorful mural for the Govalle community in East Austin.

"Light Alchemy" at Pump Project: Cloud Tree Studios and Gallery, Austin, TX | August 2019 Essentials solo and site-specific installation in two rooms featuring a tetrahedron sculpture, projections, and graphics.

"EAST x Essentials" at J-Squared Studios, Austin, TX | November 2018 Creative group exhibition in collaboration during East Austin Studio Tours.

"Essentials: Biochromatic" at Mexican Cultural Institute, San Antonio, TX | November 2017 Exhibition in Diego Rivera Gallery as part of Luminaria Contemporary Arts Festival.

"Young Latino Artists 21: Amexican@" at Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX | June-August 2016 Group Exhibition.