Machado’s latest body of work establishes a dialogue between autobiography and a shared struggle for justice. She uses abstraction and camouflage, embedding figures within thickets of vibrantly-colored flora, with references to traditional Central American handcrafts throughout the compositions. These are woven textiles, nets, and hand-carved woodworks.

These are muñecas quitapenas, the handmade figurines originating from the Mayan people of Guatemala. The presence of these objects illuminates a tradition of artmaking that represents Machado’s own early beginnings as an artist, honoring her connection to this lineage of artistry, making, and visual culture.