Designing spaces that tell stories.
The words on a page are deconstructed and rebuilt into worlds to inhabit. Working across set design, styling, and decoration for editorials, film, and television, I approach each project as a self-contained world that supports the actions weaving the narrative. Nothing less, nothing more. Space should evoke and ground its inhabitants through its own existence, never through appropriation.
I live and breathe art. My collaborations bring writers' and directors' visions into physical form. My diverse background is reflected in layered textures, curated palettes, and meaningful contours and volumes. I define my collaboration as giving shape to yours.
I was born in Lisbon during my father's diplomatic mission. I spent my childhood between Europe and the United States, and my adolescence began in Venezuela, the homeland of my parents. I fell in love with the urban commotion of Caracas—its cultural richness and its polarizing beauty. The city's artistic institutions, libraries, and centers of thought shaped my years at the Instituto de Diseño de Caracas, a prestigious design school grounded in Bruno Munari's methodology. I graduated as an Industrial Designer. Toward the end of my studies, I joined the scenery department at the Teatro Teresa Carreño, where I had my first glimpse of stage design.
At the turn of the century, I moved to the United States to pursue this passion, collaborating on sets for advertising campaigns, fashion editorials, and music videos. After several years, I relocated to Madrid, where I accepted a position as a Photographic Editor at Condé Nast. I soon expanded into producing, set styling, and writing fashion, travel, and design features and editorials. After two years, I left my staff position and continued collaborating as a freelance creative.
Today, I continue to work on independent films while creating sculpture and scenography informed by design and cinema as part of my artistic practice.
I live between Los Angeles, New York, and Albuquerque.
RÉSUMÉ
Designer passionate about creating spaces for film, television, stage and print. Extensive knowledge of materials, texture, periods, color, Art & Film history
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Production Design / Set Styling / Set Decoration / Art Direction / Creative Direction / Author / Sculptor
2007 - 2026 / MOVING PICTURE
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
2025 MY DEAR ANIMUS / Short Film Directed by Anastasia Mamontenko
THE THING ABOUT CELINE / Short Film Directed by Timur Almazov
2024 A HOLE IN THE WALL / Short Film Directed by Aliza Brugger
2023 NIGHT HAWKES / Short Film Directed by Atlas Ferrara
2022 ANTI-SOCIAL / Short Film Directed by Kyle Cassie
SOMA / Short Film Directed by Aliza Brugger
2021 THE LONELIEST WHALE IN THE WORLD / Short Film Directed by Yi Zhang
BOB / Short Film Directed by Drew Beirut
2020 FIVE TIMES A DAY / Short Film Directed by Tchaiko Omawale
2019 MATHILDA / Short Film Directed by Yaqi Tao
ZOE’S DUMPLING CRISIS / Short Film Directed by Ellen Rodnianski
2009 AMORES BREVES / Short Film Directed by Cristobal Pinto
2007 MISTERIOS DE LA MENTE / Short Film Directed by Miguel Garcia de la Calera
1997-2006 DISCOVERY CHANNEL, WARNER BROTHERS / ON-AIR PROMOTIONS
ART DIRECTOR
2021 RIGHTEOUS THIEVES / Feature Film Directed by Anthony Nardolillo
2020 NOT A SPORTS SHOW / Interview Series Directed by Walt Becker
2016 THE DELETED / TV Series Directed by Bret Easton Ellis
2015 THE YEAR OF SPECTACULAR MEN / Feature Film Directed by Lea Thompson
2000 - 2023 SET DECORATOR / ADVERTISEMENT
LoveSac / EMBER / NETFLIX / Stella Artois / AT&T / Lilt Soda / Honda / SONY / Wells Fargo / HSBC / HTC / Discovery Channel / Warner Brothers / Nickelodeon / El Rey Network / Toyota / IWC Schaffhausen / T Mobile
ART DIRECTOR + PRODUCTION DESIGNER / ADVERTISEMENT
2022 EBay Luxury Watches Interviews Law Roach + Teyana Taylor “It’ About Time” / Christelle de Castro, Director
2021 Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Spots / Directed by Daniel Junge
Nabisco OREO and BelVita / Directed by Susana Hornil
2020 IWC Schaffhausen / Directed by Daniel Piñeros
2019 T Mobile / Panay Films, Producer
2016 HTC ONE / Directed by Bryan Buckley
2000 - 2019 EDITORIAL / SET STYLIST
Conde Nast Traveler Spain / ZARA / Harper’s Bazar Magazine / SONY / Billboard Magazine / Sack’s Fifth Avenue / Auberge / Reserved Magazine / GENLUX Magazine / Rogue Magazine / Phoenix Magazine
2006 - 2009 CONDE NAST SPAIN / PHOTOGRAPHIC EDITOR, PRODUCER & AUTHOR
Creative Production, Author and Producer for Travel, Fashion and Design editorials & articles for several Conde Nast magazines
COLLABORATORS
Patrick Kinmoth, David LaChapelle, Christelle de Castro, Mario Testino, TRAKTOR, Irv Gotti, Bryan Buckley, Jess Gonchor, Robert Downey Jr, Diana Gómez, Frank Chevallier, Dave Meyers, Belinda Scott, Jon Chu, Jules Woods, Victoria Grant…
EDUCATION
Instituto de Diseño de Caracas. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER. Caracas, Venezuela
2022 - 2026 Multidisciplinary artist working on sculpture, performance and photomontage