“Underlying the canvases in The American Home is the artist’s abiding need to find acceptance…[it] hints at the erasure of the queer experience from mainstream media and culture yet remains hopeful for a new era of equal rights…

Carrillo Azevedo is a paradigm of intersectionality: not accepted by either white or Mexican culture…[H]is mother’s deracination of his Mexican ethnicity (as a child he was told he was Italian) led to many years of trauma and confusion about his identity. Like other LGBTQ+ youths in the US, the artist struggled to find a safe and supportive home. His paintings reimagine domestic spaces where harmony and love prevail.” Independent Curator, Kathy Battista