Mayra Angélica Cernas Ordaz

Mayra Cernas is a transdisciplinary creator whose practice combines textile craft, research, and situated pedagogy. Her work explores visual culture, regional dress, gender, collective memory, and contemporary art and craft from the margins. Trained in sewing from an early age in the Itsmo de Tehuantepec, she developed a deep perspective on textile labor, later integrated into her studies in Fashion Design and Art History. Her ongoing project Cómo hacer un huipil combines historical research, material experimentation, and archive activation in dialogue with inherited practices.

Co-founder of Territorio Expandido, she coordinates Ciclos Transversales, a training program on contemporary artistic practices. She also works with the Taller de Maquila Comunitaria in Santo Domingo Ingenio, Oaxaca, supporting local women in technical and political processes. She was a grantee of Jóvenes Creadores 2021–2022 and selected as Joven Creadora at the 2024 Encuentro Nacional de Arte Indígena y Artesanía Contemporánea.

Residency 2025