Born in Puerto Rico, Norma Isa Figueroa has a master’s in architecture from the University of Wisconsin and a PhD in History from the University of Puerto Rico. Figueroa derives inspirations from both fields to manipulate soft clay into tiles, imprinting them with images that seem to show up during the process. Her formation as an architect provides the necessary structure to the compositions, whilst her training as a historian brings forth the ease with which she tells a critical tale. Her clay work has been exhibited in Switzerland, Japan, Kuwait and her native land of Puerto Rico, receiving awards in the last three. In this exhibition, Figueroa's work is infused with notions of the veil, and the dichotomy of being the observer and the observed, in an effort to bring an awareness of the place women are placed, or place themselves, according to different agendas. As the media emphasizes the Muslim world, the hijab, a visual marker of difference, becomes the target of political projects. Depending on the discourse, the "women of cover" are either thought of as oppressed women forced into submission, or as totally free citizens choosing their lifestyle.