Name: Clayton Merrell
Country of origin: USA/Venezuela
Country now residing: USA
Title: Mine
Growing up in the U.S. and in Venezuela, my childhood was split in such a way that, while I did not suffer economic hardships from being displaced, I was permanently rendered “alien” to both cultures – never quite fitting into Latin American culture, and never feeling entirely comfortable in North American culture.
This drawing, based on Mexican maps from the 16th century, represents some of the places which I have called home, with no-man’s-land in the center designated as “mine”... or maybe that is a remider to myself to “mine” my history for memories and meaning…
NeMe Main