Liz Hernández
{{Short description|Mexican-born American visual artist (b. 1993)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Liz Hernández
| other_names = Liz Hernandez
| birth_name = Elizabeth Hernández
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1993}}
| birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico
| occupation = Visual artist, graphic designer
| spouse = Ryan Whelan
| website = {{url|https://liz-hernandez.com/}}
}}
Elizabeth Hernández (born 1993) is a Mexican-born American visual artist and designer.{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Event: A Conversation with Liz Hernández |url=https://www.sfmoma.org/event/a-conversation-with-liz-hernandez/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605162243/https://www.sfmoma.org/event/a-conversation-with-liz-hernandez/ |archive-date=5 June 2023 |access-date=22 May 2024 |website=San Francisco Museum of Modern Art}} She works many mediums including in painting, murals, ceramics, and embossed aluminum sculpture.{{Cite web |date=16 November 2020 |title=Talisman: Liz Hernández @ Pt. 2 Gallery, Oakland |url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/talisman-liz-hernandez-pt-2-gallery-oakland/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116033841/https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/talisman-liz-hernandez-pt-2-gallery-oakland/ |archive-date=16 November 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=Juxtapoz |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Anna |date=20 January 2022 |title=Artist Spotlight: Liz Hernández |url=https://www.booooooom.com/2020/01/22/artist-spotlight-liz-hernandez/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125040429/https://www.booooooom.com/2020/01/22/artist-spotlight-liz-hernandez/ |archive-date=25 January 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=BOOOOOOOM! |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Nafziger |first=Christina |date=24 October 2022 |title=Exhibitions: 'Where the Purple Flowers Cry' by Liz Hernández |url=https://www.createmagazine.com/blog/where-the-purple-flowers-cry-by-liz-hernandez |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329220840/https://www.createmagazine.com/blog/where-the-purple-flowers-cry-by-liz-hernandez |archive-date=29 March 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=Create! Magazine}} She lives in Oakland, California.{{Cite web |last=Sambursky |first=Victoria |date=16 January 2019 |title=Liz Hernandez Tells Her Story on Identity and Immigration Through Paint and Sculpture |url=https://roguehabits.com/liz-hernandez-tells-her-story-on-identity-and-immigration-through-paint-and-sculpture/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125030459/https://roguehabits.com/liz-hernandez-tells-her-story-on-identity-and-immigration-through-paint-and-sculpture/ |archive-date=25 January 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=Rogue Habits |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Denniston |first=Rachel |date=18 December 2020 |title=Interview with Artist Liz Hernández on her Exhibition, "Talismán," at Part 2 Gallery |url=https://www.californiaartreview.com/journal/interview-with-artist-liz-hernndez-on-her-exhibition-talismn-at-part-2-gallery |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125033357/https://www.californiaartreview.com/journal/interview-with-artist-liz-hernndez-on-her-exhibition-talismn-at-part-2-gallery |archive-date=25 January 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=California Art Review |language=en-US}}
Biography
Her husband and sometimes artistic collaborator is artist Ryan Whelan. In 2023, she and Whelan exhibited at "A Weed By Any Other Name" at the newly opened Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF) in the Dogpatch.{{Cite news |last=Sloss |first=Lauren |date=21 July 2022 |title=San Francisco Shines With New Museums, Restaurants and Parks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/travel/san-francisco-see-eat-do.html |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230107-203432/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/travel/san-francisco-see-eat-do.html |archive-date=7 January 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Bravo |first=Tony |date=28 December 2023 |title=Bay Area visual arts scene stacked with new shows, anniversary celebrations for 2023 |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/bay-area-visual-arts-scene-stacked-with-new-shows-anniversary-celebrations-for-2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327063012/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/bay-area-visual-arts-scene-stacked-with-new-shows-anniversary-celebrations-for-2023 |archive-date=27 March 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Sheets |first=Hilarie M. |date=29 November 2021 |title='More is more': San Francisco's new contemporary art centre reveals latest hires and inaugural programmes |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/29/institute-contemporary-art-san-francisco-hires-inaugural-program |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129044739/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/29/institute-contemporary-art-san-francisco-hires-inaugural-program |archive-date=29 November 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=The Art Newspaper}}
Her work is part of the museum collections at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,{{Cite web |date=22 February 2022 |title='Shifting the Silence' Exhibition at SFMOMA Amplifies Women Artists This Spring |url=https://www.artfixdaily.com/news_feed/2022/02/22/3938-shifting-the-silence-exhibition-at-sfmoma-amplifies-women-artists |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125033353/https://www.artfixdaily.com/news_feed/2022/02/22/3938-shifting-the-silence-exhibition-at-sfmoma-amplifies-women-artists |archive-date=25 January 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=ArtfixDaily |language=en}} and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.{{Cite web |last=Hotchkiss |first=Sarah |date=11 July 2022 |title=de Young Museum Acquires 42 New Works by Bay Area Artists |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13915921/de-young-museum-acquires-42-new-works-by-bay-area-artists |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923053656/https://www.kqed.org/arts/13915921/de-young-museum-acquires-42-new-works-by-bay-area-artists |archive-date=23 September 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=KQED |language=en-us}}
Exhibitions
- 2015 – "Tortillería Horizontal", site specific group project, Mexico City, Mexico{{Cite web |last=Mueller |first=Taya |date=21 April 2017 |editor-last=Kim |editor-first=Angie |title=From Practice to Proof of Concept: The Student Journey from Studio to Social Entrepreneur |url=http://creativeindustries.us/2017/04/21/from-practice-to-proof-of-concept-the-student-journey-from-studio-to-social-entrepreneur/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125033353/http://creativeindustries.us/2017/04/21/from-practice-to-proof-of-concept-the-student-journey-from-studio-to-social-entrepreneur/ |archive-date=25 January 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=Creative Industries Incentive Network |publisher=Center for Cultural Innovation}}
- 2020 – "Talisman: Liz Hernández", Pt. 2 Gallery, Oakland, California
- 2021 – "Californisme Partie 2", Bim Bam Gallery, Paris, France{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=CALIFORNISME 2 |url=https://bimbam.gallery/expositions/californisme2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928033744/https://bimbam.gallery/expositions/californisme2.html |archive-date=28 September 2023 |access-date=22 May 2024 |website=Bim Bam Gallery |language=fr, en}}
- 2022 – "Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community, and Ourselves", Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community and Ourselves |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/event/art-exhibits/tikkun-for-the-cosmos-the-community-and-ourselves/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222143035/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/event/art-exhibits/tikkun-for-the-cosmos-the-community-and-ourselves |archive-date=22 December 2022 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}}
- 2022 – "Bay Area Walls", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), San Francisco, California{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Emily |date=2 April 2021 |title=In SFMOMA mural, Liz Hernández conjures a spell for future healing |url=https://48hills.org/2021/04/in-sfmoma-mural-liz-hernandez-conjures-a-spell-for-future-healing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728190220/https://48hills.org/2021/04/in-sfmoma-mural-liz-hernandez-conjures-a-spell-for-future-healing/ |archive-date=28 July 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=48hills |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Edevane |first=Gillian |date=28 January 2021 |title=Bay Area Walls: Liz Hernández Finds Inspiration in Mexico City |url=https://www.sfmoma.org/read/works-process-liz-hernandezs-sources-of-inspiration/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002011348/https://www.sfmoma.org/read/works-process-liz-hernandezs-sources-of-inspiration/ |archive-date=2 October 2023 |access-date=22 May 2024 |website=San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |language=en-US}}
- 2023 – "A Weed By Any Other Name", Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF), San Francisco, California{{Cite web |last=Parks |first=Shoshi |date=7 October 2022 |title=SF's new Institute of Contemporary Art pushes boundaries in Dogpatch |url=https://www.7x7.com/institute-contemporary-art-opens-in-sf-2658406823.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206141033/https://www.7x7.com/institute-contemporary-art-opens-in-sf-2658406823.html |archive-date=6 December 2023 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=7x7.com |language=en}}
- 2023 – "Shifting the Silence", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), San Francisco, California
See also
References
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External links
- Podcast: [https://www.artscenepc.com/episode-54-liz-hernandez/ Episode 54: Liz Hernández] (2021), from The (art)Scene
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Category:Artists from Mexico City
Category:Mexican emigrants to the United States
Category:Artists from Oakland, California
Category:21st-century Mexican artists
Category:21st-century Mexican women artists
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