The Stations of the Cross.

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Celebrating a decade of relentless creation, contemporary artist Fernando Carpaneda presents "The Stations of the Cross," the most ambitious and intimate installation of his career. Comprising 67 meticulously hand-carved figures housed within 14 wooden boxes, this work recreates Jerusalem’s charged streets through radiant acrylic scenes and sculpted characters adorned with garments made from the artist’s own clothing. Even strands of hair — his, and that of a choir member from St. Kilian Church — infuse the installation with human presence and vulnerability.

Carpaneda’s signature radical authenticity — evident throughout his punk art, underground sculptures, and LGBTQIA+ portraiture — is fully embodied in this sacred installation. His lifelong practice has always centered on real bodies, real identities, and voices that resist erasure. Whether depicting raw punk defiance, queer intimacy, or the marginalized body elevated to icon status, Carpaneda rejects sanitized narratives. In "Stations," that same ethos takes liturgical form: the oppressed, the wounded, the human, the holy — all are affirmed with dignity and truth. What he once declared through mohawks, underground clubs, and queer sensuality he now engraves into devotionals, proving that rebellion and reverence are not opposites but equal forces in the fight to see humanity fully.

Here, faith is not purity; it is presence. It is sweat, hair, cloth, wood, and dust — carved, painted, and sewn by an artist who has always refused to separate the sacred from the real.

Now permanently housed at The George Mercer, Jr. Memorial School of Theology in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, "The Stations of the Cross" invites viewers not only to witness a spiritual journey but to confront a human one — the same humanity Carpaneda has defended throughout his punk, queer, and sculptural work.

Guided tours are available, offering visitors an intimate encounter with the installation and the majestic Cathedral of the Incarnation.

To arrange your visit, please contact: Cathedral@Incarnationgc.org

Do not miss this rare union of contemporary art and spirit, body and belief — a masterpiece where punk truth, queer presence, and sacred ritual finally share the same altar.