Essentials Creative

Site-responsive multimedia studio in Austin.

We make installations, projections, video, photography, and design for cultural organizations, gardens, and community spaces — grounded in Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian stories.

Available for commissions, exhibitions, and venue partnerships

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Our Services

We work across photography, design, video, projection, and installation — for cultural organizations, gardens, and community-led projects.

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Photography

Documentary and editorial photography for exhibitions, artists, and community archives.

Portrait Editorial Documentary

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Design

Identity systems, exhibition graphics, and publications for cultural organizations and artist-led projects.

Identity Exhibition Print

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Video

Documentary, artist interviews, performance capture, and video art.

Documentary Interview Art

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Installations & Projection

Site-responsive installations and projection work built with place, community, and ecological context.

Projection Interactive Site-specific

Featured Projects

Four ongoing projects — installation, projection, textile, and research — built with specific places, communities, and plants.

Afterworld

Afterworld is a site-responsive installation working across four named afterlife traditions — Mictlān, Obon, purgatory, and moksha — each presented in its own terms rather than as instances of a universal theme. Presa House Gallery, San Antonio (Yanaguana), 2023.

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Rhizomatic

Rhizomatic is a site-responsive textile installation built around the plants of each venue. Chicago Botanic Garden (2024); Austin Central Library (2025).

Chicago Botanic Garden UNESCO City of Media Arts Grant City of Austin Elevate Grant

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Node: Video Art Night

Node is an experimental platform for video art and projection — bringing screenings, installations, and open programs into unexpected spaces across Austin. Each iteration finds a new site and listens to it.

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Plant Story Cards

Plant Story Cards is an ongoing research project pairing Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian plant knowledge with community-collected stories — a digital archive of plant-people relationships in Austin.

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We welcome commissions, collaborations, venue partnerships, and grant inquiries. Tell us about the project, the place, and the people involved, and we'll respond within 3–5 business days.

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