GALLERY | JUNE 24–JULY 27 | BY APPOINTMENT | FREE
Revuelo Art Exhibition
This exhibition can be viewed during public FUSION | The Cell events or by appointment from June 24–July 27. To schedule a visit email FUSION.
Come see Revuelo Art Exhibition at FUSION | The Cell from June 24–July 27! Revuelo is the National Institute of Flamenco's (NIFNM) first-ever multimedia art show, featuring flamenco-inspired work by printmaker Isabel Hees, painter Hutzil Perez-Bennett, dressmaker Deva Smith, and multimedia artist and curator Sage Walstrom—all of whom are part of Albuquerque's rich and diverse flamenco community. Revuelo is an opportunity to experience the art of flamenco interpreted through visionary new mediums.
Revuelo
Revuelo means a stir, excitement, emotion, or a fluttering of movement. It translates to the air and spark of creativity one is invoked by through flamenco.
This art exhibition is a mixed-media representation of the tactile, visual elements of flamenco, expressed by individuals with cross-training in both flamenco and visual art. Flamenco is often experienced through movement and sound as a performance art, but the artists in this exhibit wanted to create a visual composition of the moments and textures that flamenco impresses upon a visual artist’s mind—and how those impressions might be expressed.
This exhibition can be viewed during public FUSION | The Cell events or by appointment from June 24–July 27. To schedule a visit email FUSION.
Huitzil Sol
Huitzil Sol is a multidisciplinary artist and dancer whose work bridges ancestral tradition with contemporary expression. She began painting at a young age, inspired by the traditional Mexica art and Indigenous stories that surrounded her upbringing. These sacred symbols and narratives sparked a profound connection to her roots, compelling her to create works that honor her ancestors while speaking to the present.
For Huitzil, her painting is an ancient craft reimagined in a modern form. Though deeply rooted in tradition, her work is not confined by it. Further, blending color, symbolism, and storytelling in ways that are both deeply personal and universally resonant.
In 2025, she debuted her first solo exhibition at Kukani Gallery, marking a new chapter in her creative journey.
Isabel Hees
Isabel Hees was raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. As a student of the University of New Mexico, Isabel Hees studied both flamenco and printmaking. She graduated magna cum laude in the spring of 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in printmaking . She danced with the National Institute of Flamenco from 2008 to 2018, culminating in an apprenticeship with Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company. Her ongoing project Huellas: Impressions Through Movement is an exploration of her two spheres of influence merging flamenco baile with fine art printmaking.
Zahra Marwan
Working as a traditional artist with watercolor and ink, Zahra creates work that reflects her cultural roots in Kuwait as well as her life now in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She loves poetry and independent cinema and how quiet and mysterious the night is. She is deeply fond of the sea.
Her debut picture book, Where Butterflies Fill the Sky, was published by Bloomsbury Books and named one of the New York Times / New York Public Library’s 10 Best Illustrated Books as well as NPR’s Best Books of 2022. The week before receiving the Dilys Evans Founders Award from the Society of Illustrators, she was honored with an award by the UN Human Rights Commission for creating art that brings visibility to statelessness, indigenous groups, and minority rights.
Represented by Andrea Morrison at Writers House for literary work and by Frank Rose and Martha Traer at Hecho A Mano for fine art work.
Sage Walstrom
A multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with ancestral roots in the Diné (Navajo) Nation. Sage Walstrom’s creative journey began in performance art, dancing flamenco from a young age. From this, she expanded into visual art, eventually developing a distinct style rooted in mixed media collage, textile work, and installation art. She also designs costumes and explores fashion as part of her artistic practice.
Her visual artwork is characterized by extreme repetition, large-scale compositions, and the blending of diverse materials such as paint, textile, charcoal, ink, and weaving to create unified, textured pieces. Her artistic style is deeply informed by the process of creation itself, embracing the delicate balance between moments of torment and soothing repetition. The work invites viewers to experience this tension, often without a defined focal point or explicit meaning, allowing the act of making—and the rhythm of repetition—to become the central expression.
In 2020, Sage began a return to traditional art forms through hand-poke tattooing, teaching herself the craft and currently practicing in Albuquerque.
This exhibition marks Sage’s debut as a visual art curator. In curating Revuelo, she seeks to evoke the visual and tactile sensations of flamenco—an art form often viewed solely through the lens of movement and sound—by bringing attention to the physical compositions and aesthetic expressions that surround and support its performance.
In the future, Sage hopes to further explore visual artistry through large-scale installation works and performance art—continuing to blend movement and visual expression