Meet us in the Griffin Zoom Room on Thursday May 30th at 7pm Eastern to hear about Ileana's path of creativity, her multidisciplinary practice and the diptychs that place a spotlight on American culture through the eyes of an immigrant.
Join us for a conversation with Traces of Existence artist Ileana Doble Hernandez. Her series Una mexicana in Gringolandia is on the walls of the Griffin Gallery until June 9th.
Ileana Doble Hernandez's socially conscious and interdisciplinary practice includes photography, video and experimental installations. She sees her practice as a form of activism. Ileana creates multimedia projects that explore issues of gun culture, immigration and the imperialistic practices of the United States, from her perspective as a mother and as an immigrant from Mexico, living in the U.S. for more than a decade. She's interested in the use of art as a way to provoke and challenge viewer's preconceived representations. By combining non-traditional methods and materials, Ileana explores ways in which artist and audience collaborate. Through her postcards installation more than 500 postcards have been mailed to U.S. elected officials advocating for gun control. Since 2020 She's been collaborating with Imaginary Lines Project, an ongoing socially engaged artistic endeavor that allows people to share their immigration journey through the U.S./Mexico border. Her works are part of public and private collections and have been published and exhibited in galleries and museums in North America, Europe and Asia. Ileana is a Studio Resident at the Boston Center for the Arts, a 2023 Boston Arts and Business Council Fellow, a 2021 National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Fellow, and the 2019 College of Art and Design Outstanding Graduate Student from Rochester Institute of Technology.