29 3/4 x 43 3/4"

Stencil print on gold leaf

2022

Ana Hernández is a visual artist from the Isthmus region of Oaxaca. She uses traditional techniques such as weaving and embroidery to discuss critical issues that have been present throughout her life: migration, the loss of native languages, the transmission of traditional knowledge. Her work reflects knowledge inherited from the women in her family and her community. Through the use of materials such as gold leaf, natural fibers and clay, Hernández expands the physical and conceptual possibilities of the popular trades of her land that are being forgotten. Her work was recently included in an exhibition at the National Museum of Fine Art in Mexico City and the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.