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Hernandez
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(b. 1944, San Joaquin Valley, California)

Ester Hernandez was born in California’s San Joaquin Valley to a Mexican/Yaqui farm-worker family. A graduate of the University of California Berkeley, she is an internationally acclaimed, San Francisco-based visual artist. Her work reflects social, political, ecological, and spiritual themes, and she is best known for her depiction of Latina/Native women through her pastels, prints, and installations.

Hernandez has had numerous national and international solo and group shows. Among others, her work is included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art; Library of Congress; Legion of Honor, San Francisco; National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago; Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo, Mexico City; Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London.  Her artistic and personal archives are housed at Stanford University.

Photo by Joe Ramos | Fotografía de Joe Ramos

Works in the exhibition | Obras en la exposición

1976
Ester Hernandez
Giclee digital print | Impresión digital giclee
43.18 x 38.1 cm (17 x 15 in)
Private collection | Colección privada
Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista

Selected Works | Otras obras destacadas

1976
Ester Hernandez
Etching | Grabado
40.6 x 35.5 cm (16 x 14 in)
Collection of the Smithsonian Institution | Colección del Smithsonian Institution
Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista
1982
Ester Hernandez
Screen print | Serigrafía
66.4 x 50.8 cm (26 x 20 in)
Collections of the United Farmworkers | Colección de United Farmworkers of America
Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista
2001
Ester Hernandez
Pastel | Pastel
111.8 x 76.2 cm (44 x 30 in)
Collection of the National Museum of Mexican Art (Donated by Sandra Cisneros in 2019) | Colección de National Museum of Mexican Art (Donado por Sandra Cisneros 2019)
Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista
2010
Ester Hernandez
Screen print | Serigrafía
76.2 x 55.9 cm (30 x 22 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista

TASTE, READ, WATCH + LISTEN | SABOREA, LEE, MIRA + ESCUCHA

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