Public Art

Community-engaged, research-driven projects that respond to specific social, historical, and spatial contexts. I collaborate closely with local communities, institutions, and municipalities to create works that foster dialogue, collective reflection, and shared authorship. My public artworks often address themes of memory, social justice, sustainability, and civic responsibility, transforming public space into a site for engagement, solidarity, and critical inquiry.

Public Art Inquiries

Transcending Borders

Dimensions: 21×4ft

Year: 2026

Materials: poultry mesh, custom-printed ribbons, and construction signage.

Location: House of the Seven Gables, 115 Derby St, Salem, MA 01970

This site-specific iteration of Transcending Borders explores themes of multiculturalism, belonging, and cross-cultural connection. Centered around the interactive distribution of custom ribbons that state YOU ARE WELCOME HERE in over 15 languages. The exhibition invites visitors to tell an immigration story and take a ribbon.

Photo courtesy of Jacquie Valatka.

A Home for Future Generations

A collaboration with fellow Brazilian artist Raquel Fornasaro, A Home for Future Generations is a public art initiative supported by Mass Save sponsors. The City of Framingham and the Town of Natick have each commissioned public artworks centered on climate solutions. Through thirty community engagements, this project highlights the vital role each person has in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, aiming to amplify collective action and inspire a sustainable future.

The meaning behind the colors

Dimensions: 8×8×8ft

Year: 2026

Materials: Wood, siding shingles, silver acrylic paint, roofing shingles, and solar lights.

Location: Morse Institute Library Lawn, Natick, and Framingham Centre Common, MA.

Thank you to our sponsors!

The color-coded shingles show how a MetroWest home can reach zero emissions over time by taking actions supported by Mass Save and the state’s solar program.

Using an artistic interpretation of data from the MIT Sustainable Design Lab’s Massachusetts Building Inventory tool (MABI), the shingles show how a MetroWest home’s emissions change after installing insulation, upgrading to efficient appliances, switching to heat pumps, and adding solar panels. Red, orange, teal, blue, and purple siding shingles show how emissions decline with each energy improvement. Purple shingles show emissions avoided and grow with each action until a home reaches net zero.

Each shingle features a hand-painted community response to a question about the future. Every response is unique and inspired by the community member’s vision for the future and concerns about the present:

Red and Orange: Warn about the consequences of taking no action and the issues that are caused and will be caused by climate change.
Teal and Blue: Illustrate ideas for attainable ways to cut carbon emissions.
Purple: Imagines what is possible if we achieve net zero.

This shingle wall interprets an "Energy Conservation Journey" - highlighting how actionable household steps like insulation, heat pumps, and solar energy make an impact in reducing carbon emissions. The integrated augmented reality (AR) component connects viewers to incentives and expert guidance to spark community-led environmental stewardship.

Transcending Borders

Immigrant EXxperiences and Dreams

2023 to present

An outdoor art installation with colorful ribbons hanging from a yellow frame, titled 'Transcending Borders,' encouraging storytelling and support for immigrant communities.

Seen here at Salem’s Artist’s Row during the Salem Public Artist in Residence 2024.

Dimensions: 5x3x6ft

Year: 2023 to present

Materials: Modular fence structure, concrete blocks, mailbox, custom-printed signage, custom-printed ribbons with the phrase YOU ARE WELCOME HERE in several languages commonly spoken by immigrant populations of Greater Boston. AR integration.

Locations: Fenway, Everett, and Artist’s Row in Salem, MA.

This Participatory Public Art piece is inspired by a Brazilian custom, where people of all ages, backgrounds, religious beliefs, and nationalities come to the historical Church of Senhor do Bonfim in Salvador, Bahia, and tie a ribbon representing a wish on the fence surrounding the premises. Transcending Borders features over 2,000 brightly colored ribbons featuring the phrase YOU ARE WELCOME HERE in several languages commonly spoken by immigrant populations of Greater Boston. The public is invited to take a ribbon and engage with the piece through a QR code and a mailbox, allowing participants to share stories about immigration. The AR integration leads to organizations that support immigrant and refugee rights.

Murals

2014 to present

A Message to the Future - Words by Eddie Maisonet, Ernesto (Eroc) Arroyo-Montano, and Julia Martin

Three women standing in front of a large colorful sign on a brick wall, with greenery at their feet. The sign contains a message about community and dreams, signed by Eddie Maisonet.

With Congresswoman Ayana Presley and collaborator Eddie Maisonet

Dimensions: three 11×11ft panels

Year: 2022 to present

Materials: Acrylic on wall

Location: Currently on view at 141 McBride St., Jamaica Plain, MA

Created as part of a community benefit package negotiated by the Stonybrook Neighborhood Association for a Jamaica Plain development project, these three collaborative panels by Julia Csekö and Eddie Maisonet honor local community leaders as inspiring role models for social justice. The first panel pays homage to veteran activist Julia Martin, a 1960s "Mothers for Action" organizer whose direct words are featured alongside her legacy at the low-income senior living facility that bears her name. The second panel presents original text by Maisonet reflecting his deep commitment to carrying forward Martin's legacy, while the third panel spotlights the words of local educator and movement-builder Ernesto “Eroc” Arroyo-Montano, who champions intersectional racial, gender, economic, and environmental justice. Together, the installation serves as a powerful tribute to memory, leadership, and community engagement, aiming to inspire future generations to continue the pursuit of human rights.

Title: A Message to the Future
Dimensions: three 11x11ft panels, 33x11 total.
Medium: Acrylic on wall
Year: 2022 to present — Title: A Message to the Future Dimensions: three 11x11ft panels, 33x11 total. Medium: Acrylic on wall Year: 2022 to present

A Message to the Future - Words by John Lewis, Together You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation

2020 to present

Dimensions: 20×10ft

Year: 2020 to present

Materials: Acrylic on wall

Location: Currently on view at Emerson College Piano Row Campus, Boston, MA

Commissioned by Emerson College in response to anti-Semitic and white supremacist graffiti found on the Piano Row Campus, this mural was developed through an extended conversation between the administration, a student advisory board led by curator Leonie Bradbury, and the artist. Seeking a text that would propel the community forward with strength and clarity, the team selected excerpts from John Lewis’s final essay, published in the New York Times on July 30, 2020. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter protests and read at his funeral, Lewis's words transform a painful incident into a monument dedicated to resilience, solidarity, and the ongoing pursuit of social justice.

A Message to the Future - words by Margaret Fuller, Edward Bellamy, Eddie Maisonet

2019 to present

Currently on view at Winter Pl., Boston MA

Dimensions: 80×10ft

Year: 2020 to present

Materials: Oil and acrylic on wall

Commissioned by the Downtown Boston BID in partnership with the Boston Literary District, this 40-foot alleyway mural connecting Winter Street and Temple Place pairs vibrant bands of color with literary excerpts. The installation honors Boston's rich intellectual legacy by featuring the words of transcendentalist and pioneering feminist journalist Margaret Fuller, utopian socialist author Edward Bellamy, and Eddie Maisonet, a contemporary Afro-Puerto Rican transgender storyteller and teaching artist from Jamaica Plain. Recognized by the Mass Cultural Council Community Initiative as a beautiful, intimate pit stop for urban explorers, the mural transforms a narrow pedestrian corridor into an immersive, multi-generational conversation about equity, justice, and the concept of home.

a mesage to the future

words by Marshal McLuhan

2014

Dimensions: 42×9ft

Year: 2014 to present

Materials: Acrylic on wall

Location: Emerson College entrance of Walker Building

This mural was commissioned by Emerson College in 2014 for the entrance of the Walker building. This is an ongoing series of paintings using the written word as raw material. These paintings are meant to be featured in public spaces, sharing excerpts of theory, poetry, and philosophy in high-traffic urban spaces. The colors and text are chosen in relation to the place where they will be displayed. This mural was commissioned by Emerson College and was featured at the Walker Building entrance. Photos by Peter Harris Studio. The choice of Marshal McLuhan's text was made in conversation with the Emerson College staff. Thank you to Joseph Ketner and Robert Sabal for this opportunity.