projects

funeral procession

funeral procession is a series of drawings, paintings, books and interactive fiction put together in the shapes and forms of a highway. in 2022, the artists father committed suicide after a long and complicated life. nao garduno you in the years since has been comtemplating the time spent driving up and down from city to town at midnight to catch planes to get to funerals. the body of work grows from the original four drawings funeral procession (miss you forever) I-IV to funeral procession to traces.
this body of work has transformed from a simple series of drawings to begin to interrogate memory, infrastructure and mental health. the question of how infrastructure begins to form to allow cross continental travel and how systems fail to help those inside them are central to the work.

funeral procession (miss you forever) I-IV, 2024, oil pastel on paper. four drawings of the 99 highway from the passenger seat of a car.

funeral procession demo, 2025, digital. a long form piece of non-fiction narrative writing told through google maps.

funeral procession (miss you forever) V, 2025, oil on kitchen cabinet door.