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Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

Photo: Charles White

Sitting on Chrome

2023

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It's Kept

Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It's Kept

2022

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Photo: Ron Amstutz

Drifting on a Memory

Drifting on a Memory

2021

Dallas Museum of Art

Photo: Chad Redmon

SWEAT

SWEAT

2021

Haus der Kunst, Munich

Photo: Maximilian Geuter

El Rocío Sobre Las Madrugadas Sin Fin

El Rocío Sobre Las Madrugadas Sin Fin

2020

Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City

Photo: Guadalupe Rosales

Echoes of a Collective Memory

Echoes of a Collective Memory

2019

Vincent Price Art Museum, Monterey Park

Photo: Monica Orozco

Always, Already, Haunting

Always, Already, Haunting

2019

The Kitchen, New York

Photo: Guadalupe Rosales

Legends Never Die

Legends Never Die

2018

Aperture Foundation, New York

Photo: Lisa Broughton

Ever and Friend, 1996

Ever and Friend, 1996

Veteranas and Rucas (@veteranas_and_rucas)

2015—ongoing

Map Pointz

2015—ongoing


“Veteranas and Rucas” and “Map Pointz” manifested on Instagram in 2015 from the under/misrepresentation and historical erasure of Latinx communities in Southern California. These community-generated projects begin with an open invitation to various Latino communities to share personal images and memories that create visual narratives that celebrate identities and historicize subcultures. The archives explore ideas about how history and culture are framed and who does the framing.  As a counterpoint, the archive celebrates, humanizes and reflects the positive and honest attributes of our shared culture. It creates a space for collective healing and storytelling and finds ways for new dialogue to emerge about youth culture in Southern California that would not exist otherwise.