Ana Teresa Fernández

Ana Teresa Fernández

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S O S • • • – – – • • •
Art + Nature 2025

Over 800 community members came together at Main Beach in Laguna Beach, CA on November 9th, 2025 to speak with light on behalf of the ocean. If the ocean were to be given a voice, it would cry out for HELP, asking humanity to stop abusing her and protect her. We stood together holding up mirrors spelling out in international light language of Morse code: SOS, which has long stood for Save our Souls. Here, alongside the ocean, we implored: “Save Our Seas!”

800 bodies translated this message by becoming drops of water, holding mirrors, glittering and cheering on the sand in unison. Hundreds of human drops transforming into an ocean. WE were more than a social sculpture, we became a SOCIAL MONUMENT.

After the Morse code formation, we then merged as one swell of energy, flowing back and forth, becoming the tide, creating ripples across the shore.

An enormous thank you to all 800 participants who came and sung with light along the shore and helped embody SOS.

I cannot express enough gratitude to the Laguna Art Museum team who believed in , supported and helped make SOS happen for Art + Nature 2025 !!!!
Special thank you to Julie Perlin Lee, Victoria Gerard, Brian Ross, Robin Rundle, Carl Smith, Ryan Tuffnell, Sabrina Morris, Katherine Morton and all the docents and volunteers at LAM!!!
Thank you to Sarah McCarthy Grimm, @sarahgrimmstudio I would not have survived this week without your love and generosity and Thank you Zachariah Epperson!!! @zachariahleeee
Thank you @pilar.aguero.esparza for being here!!!

This footage was filmed and edited by Erik Thienes.

#socialmonument #socialsculpture #SOS #lagunaartmuseum #art #publicart #ocean #anateresafernandez #climatechange


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S O S • • • - - - • • • Art + Nature 2025 Over 800 community members came together at Main Beach in Laguna Beach, CA on November 9th, 2025 to speak with light on behalf of the ocean. If the ocean were to be given a voice, it would cry out for HELP, asking humanity to stop abusing her and protect her. We stood together holding up mirrors spelling out in international light language of Morse code: SOS, which has long stood for Save our Souls. Here, alongside the ocean, we implored: “Save Our Seas!” 800 bodies translated this message by becoming drops of water, holding mirrors, glittering and cheering on the sand in unison. Hundreds of human drops transforming into an ocean. WE were more than a social sculpture, we became a SOCIAL MONUMENT. After the Morse code formation, we then merged as one swell of energy, flowing back and forth, becoming the tide, creating ripples across the shore. An enormous thank you to all 800 participants who came and sung with light along the shore and helped embody SOS. I cannot express enough gratitude to the Laguna Art Museum team who believed in , supported and helped make SOS happen for Art + Nature 2025 !!!! Special thank you to Julie Perlin Lee, Victoria Gerard, Brian Ross, Robin Rundle, Carl Smith, Ryan Tuffnell, Sabrina Morris, Katherine Morton and all the docents and volunteers at LAM!!! Thank you to Sarah McCarthy Grimm, @sarahgrimmstudio I would not have survived this week without your love and generosity and Thank you Zachariah Epperson!!! @zachariahleeee Thank you @pilar.aguero.esparza for being here!!! This footage was filmed and edited by Erik Thienes. #socialmonument #socialsculpture #SOS #lagunaartmuseum #art #publicart #ocean #anateresafernandez #climatechange

S O S • • • – – – • • •
Art + Nature 2025

Over 800 community members came together at Main Beach in Laguna Beach, CA on November 9th, 2025 to speak with light on behalf of the ocean. If the ocean were to be given a voice, it would cry out for HELP, asking humanity to stop abusing her and protect her. We stood together holding up mirrors spelling out in international light language of Morse code: SOS, which has long stood for Save our Souls. Here, alongside the ocean, we implored: “Save Our Seas!”

800 bodies translated this message by becoming drops of water, holding mirrors, glittering and cheering on the sand in unison. Hundreds of human drops transforming into an ocean. WE were more than a social sculpture, we became a SOCIAL MONUMENT.

After the Morse code formation, we then merged as one swell of energy, flowing back and forth, becoming the tide, creating ripples across the shore.

An enormous thank you to all 800 participants who came and sung with light along the shore and helped embody SOS.

I cannot express enough gratitude to the Laguna Art Museum team who believed in , supported and helped make SOS happen for Art + Nature 2025 !!!!
Special thank you to Julie Perlin Lee, Victoria Gerard, Brian Ross, Robin Rundle, Carl Smith, Ryan Tuffnell, Sabrina Morris, Katherine Morton and all the docents and volunteers at LAM!!!
Thank you to Sarah McCarthy Grimm, @sarahgrimmstudio I would not have survived this week without your love and generosity and Thank you Zachariah Epperson!!! @zachariahleeee
Thank you @pilar.aguero.esparza for being here!!!

This footage was filmed and edited by Erik Thienes.

#socialmonument #socialsculpture #SOS #lagunaartmuseum #art #publicart #ocean #anateresafernandez #climatechange

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“You’re sitting in a universe made of circles. Each has its four directions, and you have your four directions. Find it. You already know it, or maybe you just don’t know how to touch base with that. But it’s like anything about loving the Earth, that means you got to get out there, and touch her, work with her, cultivate life force. Your four directions are to be found in yourself first, and then in concentric circles out. “ Katsi Cook

SOS by @anateresafernandez in collaboration with @lagunadanceofficial
Performed at Main Beach for Art + Nature 2025
@lagunaartmuseum

Choreographer: Jodie Gates @jodie__gates
Assistant to the Choreographer & filmed by: Krystal Matsuyama-Tsai
@matsuyamatsai

Dancers:
Isabella Caso
Valerie Chen
Stephanie Dai
Brendan Evans
Mandy Fang
Alec Guthrie
Casey Murray
Sophia Oddi
Emma Sutherland
Lani Yamanaka

Thank you @dennishenner for crafting my ideas into reality!

#lagunaartmuseum #lagunadance #art #dance #publicart #performance #anateresafernandez
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“You’re sitting in a universe made of circles. Each has its four directions, and you have your four directions. Find it. You already know it, or maybe you just don’t know how to touch base with that. But it’s like anything about loving the Earth, that means you got to get out there, and touch her, work with her, cultivate life force. Your four directions are to be found in yourself first, and then in concentric circles out. “ Katsi Cook SOS by @anateresafernandez in collaboration with @lagunadanceofficial Performed at Main Beach for Art + Nature 2025 @lagunaartmuseum Choreographer: Jodie Gates @jodie__gates Assistant to the Choreographer & filmed by: Krystal Matsuyama-Tsai @matsuyamatsai Dancers: Isabella Caso Valerie Chen Stephanie Dai Brendan Evans Mandy Fang Alec Guthrie Casey Murray Sophia Oddi Emma Sutherland Lani Yamanaka Thank you @dennishenner for crafting my ideas into reality! #lagunaartmuseum #lagunadance #art #dance #publicart #performance #anateresafernandez #

“You’re sitting in a universe made of circles. Each has its four directions, and you have your four directions. Find it. You already know it, or maybe you just don’t know how to touch base with that. But it’s like anything about loving the Earth, that means you got to get out there, and touch her, work with her, cultivate life force. Your four directions are to be found in yourself first, and then in concentric circles out. “ Katsi Cook

SOS by @anateresafernandez in collaboration with @lagunadanceofficial
Performed at Main Beach for Art + Nature 2025
@lagunaartmuseum

Choreographer: Jodie Gates @jodie__gates
Assistant to the Choreographer & filmed by: Krystal Matsuyama-Tsai
@matsuyamatsai

Dancers:
Isabella Caso
Valerie Chen
Stephanie Dai
Brendan Evans
Mandy Fang
Alec Guthrie
Casey Murray
Sophia Oddi
Emma Sutherland
Lani Yamanaka

Thank you @dennishenner for crafting my ideas into reality!

#lagunaartmuseum #lagunadance #art #dance #publicart #performance #anateresafernandez
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Here’s what’s happing in Laguna Beach daily November 6-10 during Laguna Art
Museum’s 13th annual Art + Nature!

8:30 am – 4:30 pm
An Ocean in a Drop installation on view Main Beach on PCH and Broadway
Interact with this sculptural installation and its reflection of light and the environment.

3:00-5:00 pm
We are Water Portrait Station
Main Beach
Take your photo with Ana Teresa Fernandez’s acrylic mirror artwork and have it displayed inside the Laguna Art Museum lobby.

10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Laguna Art Museum exhibitions on view – Free Admission!
307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach, CA 92651

Get out there and interact with artist Ana Teresa Fernandez’s artwork!

Image by Zachariah Epperson @zachariahleeee

Visit our website for even more fun events this weekend: https://lagunaartmuseum.org/art-nature

#artplusnature #climatechange #oceaninadrop #lagunaartmuseum #anateresafernandez #art+nature #art #publicart


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Here’s what’s happing in Laguna Beach daily November 6-10 during Laguna Art Museum’s 13th annual Art + Nature! 8:30 am - 4:30 pm An Ocean in a Drop installation on view Main Beach on PCH and Broadway Interact with this sculptural installation and its reflection of light and the environment. 3:00-5:00 pm We are Water Portrait Station Main Beach Take your photo with Ana Teresa Fernandez’s acrylic mirror artwork and have it displayed inside the Laguna Art Museum lobby. 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Laguna Art Museum exhibitions on view - Free Admission! 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 Get out there and interact with artist Ana Teresa Fernandez’s artwork! Image by Zachariah Epperson @zachariahleeee Visit our website for even more fun events this weekend: https://lagunaartmuseum.org/art-nature #artplusnature #climatechange #oceaninadrop #lagunaartmuseum #anateresafernandez #art+nature #art #publicart

Here’s what’s happing in Laguna Beach daily November 6-10 during Laguna Art
Museum’s 13th annual Art + Nature!

8:30 am – 4:30 pm
An Ocean in a Drop installation on view Main Beach on PCH and Broadway
Interact with this sculptural installation and its reflection of light and the environment.

3:00-5:00 pm
We are Water Portrait Station
Main Beach
Take your photo with Ana Teresa Fernandez’s acrylic mirror artwork and have it displayed inside the Laguna Art Museum lobby.

10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Laguna Art Museum exhibitions on view – Free Admission!
307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach, CA 92651

Get out there and interact with artist Ana Teresa Fernandez’s artwork!

Image by Zachariah Epperson @zachariahleeee

Visit our website for even more fun events this weekend: https://lagunaartmuseum.org/art-nature

#artplusnature #climatechange #oceaninadrop #lagunaartmuseum #anateresafernandez #art+nature #art #publicart

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“Había tenido que tejer el amor con recuerdos” – Isabel Allende – Casa de los Espiritus
“I had to weave back the love through memories.”

Weaving through the erasure of butterflies and books.

Xerces Society notes that “A new study published today in Science has found that populations of butterflies across the United States are declining. In addition to dramatic declines for individual species, the study concluded that total abundance of butterflies has declined by 22% from 2000 to 2020. That means that for every five butterflies seen 20 years ago, now there are only four.

“Books are under profound attack in the United States. Our latest report, Banned in the USA: The Normalization of Book Banning, found that 6,870 books bans were enacted during the 2024-25 school year, across 23 states and 87 public school districts.” Pen America.

Come by the gallery to see “TransPollination of Eden” on view through October 23, 2025

Gallery hours: Mon – Fri 9am-4pm, Wed. & Thurs. evenings 6-8pm.

For more information about our exhibitions follow the links in our bio.

#butterflies #art #cabrillogallery #sculpture #transpollination #eden #climatechange


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“Había tenido que tejer el amor con recuerdos” - Isabel Allende - Casa de los Espiritus “I had to weave back the love through memories.” Weaving through the erasure of butterflies and books. Xerces Society notes that “A new study published today in Science has found that populations of butterflies across the United States are declining. In addition to dramatic declines for individual species, the study concluded that total abundance of butterflies has declined by 22% from 2000 to 2020. That means that for every five butterflies seen 20 years ago, now there are only four. “Books are under profound attack in the United States. Our latest report, Banned in the USA: The Normalization of Book Banning, found that 6,870 books bans were enacted during the 2024-25 school year, across 23 states and 87 public school districts.” Pen America. Come by the gallery to see “TransPollination of Eden” on view through October 23, 2025 Gallery hours: Mon - Fri 9am-4pm, Wed. & Thurs. evenings 6-8pm. For more information about our exhibitions follow the links in our bio. #butterflies #art #cabrillogallery #sculpture #transpollination #eden #climatechange

“Había tenido que tejer el amor con recuerdos” – Isabel Allende – Casa de los Espiritus
“I had to weave back the love through memories.”

Weaving through the erasure of butterflies and books.

Xerces Society notes that “A new study published today in Science has found that populations of butterflies across the United States are declining. In addition to dramatic declines for individual species, the study concluded that total abundance of butterflies has declined by 22% from 2000 to 2020. That means that for every five butterflies seen 20 years ago, now there are only four.

“Books are under profound attack in the United States. Our latest report, Banned in the USA: The Normalization of Book Banning, found that 6,870 books bans were enacted during the 2024-25 school year, across 23 states and 87 public school districts.” Pen America.

Come by the gallery to see “TransPollination of Eden” on view through October 23, 2025

Gallery hours: Mon – Fri 9am-4pm, Wed. & Thurs. evenings 6-8pm.

For more information about our exhibitions follow the links in our bio.

#butterflies #art #cabrillogallery #sculpture #transpollination #eden #climatechange

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Did you know the spider is considered the “unsung hero of the pollinators” as they quietly contribute to the health and diversity of the ecosystem?
Did you know as well that there has been a steep pollinator decline in our ecosystems since the end of the 20th century?
Bees on the other hand are called “the backbone of agriculture.” They are responsible for pollinating a third of the nation’s crops. Bees pollinate 75% of the fruits, nuts and vegetables grown in the US. And there was an 80% decline in the summer of 2025 across the US. If you are shocked by this news, you should be.
A 2025 study in Science found that the U.S. butterfly abundance dropped by 22% between 2000 and 2020.
We are not really talking about it amidst the already chaotic news cycle. Creating these bees, butterflies and the spider into the forest was a way of drawing attention to the empirical importance of these ecological heroes.

For more information regarding our exhibitions please follow the links in our bio

Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Wed + Thurs evening 6-8pm.

#pollinators #art #sculpture #cabrillocollege #climatechange #Art


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Did you know the spider is considered the “unsung hero of the pollinators” as they quietly contribute to the health and diversity of the ecosystem? Did you know as well that there has been a steep pollinator decline in our ecosystems since the end of the 20th century? Bees on the other hand are called “the backbone of agriculture.” They are responsible for pollinating a third of the nation’s crops. Bees pollinate 75% of the fruits, nuts and vegetables grown in the US. And there was an 80% decline in the summer of 2025 across the US. If you are shocked by this news, you should be. A 2025 study in Science found that the U.S. butterfly abundance dropped by 22% between 2000 and 2020. We are not really talking about it amidst the already chaotic news cycle. Creating these bees, butterflies and the spider into the forest was a way of drawing attention to the empirical importance of these ecological heroes. For more information regarding our exhibitions please follow the links in our bio Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Wed + Thurs evening 6-8pm. #pollinators #art #sculpture #cabrillocollege #climatechange #Art

Did you know the spider is considered the “unsung hero of the pollinators” as they quietly contribute to the health and diversity of the ecosystem?
Did you know as well that there has been a steep pollinator decline in our ecosystems since the end of the 20th century?
Bees on the other hand are called “the backbone of agriculture.” They are responsible for pollinating a third of the nation’s crops. Bees pollinate 75% of the fruits, nuts and vegetables grown in the US. And there was an 80% decline in the summer of 2025 across the US. If you are shocked by this news, you should be.
A 2025 study in Science found that the U.S. butterfly abundance dropped by 22% between 2000 and 2020.
We are not really talking about it amidst the already chaotic news cycle. Creating these bees, butterflies and the spider into the forest was a way of drawing attention to the empirical importance of these ecological heroes.

For more information regarding our exhibitions please follow the links in our bio

Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Wed + Thurs evening 6-8pm.

#pollinators #art #sculpture #cabrillocollege #climatechange #Art

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“Ana Teresa Fernández: TransPollination of Eden” on view through October 23, 2025

“Q’uq’umatz” is the Mayan mythological god associated with the creation of the world and the cyclical nature of time, recounted in the Popol Vuh. He was revered as a mediator between the heavens and the earth, representing the duality of life, bringing the sun across the sky and bringing it down into the underworld.

Fernández has created an electrifying, abstract vision of plant and animal forms with patterned, mirrored surfaces and neon plexiglas foliage and appendages, all emanating a glowing light.
As viewers see themselves reflected everywhere within the flora and fauna, their reflections invite them to recognize the interconnectivity between humans and the earth and our role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem.

This is the fourth of Cabrillo Gallery’s LatinXperiencia exhibitions featuring LatinX artists, which offer a platform to foster cross-cultural connections and conversations.

Stop by the gallery to immerse yourself in this intriguing installation!

Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Wed + Thurs evening 6-8pm

For more information regarding our exhibitions please follow the links in our bio. You can also email us at gallery@cabrillo.edu

#art #transpollinationofeden #cabrillocollege #artgallery #sculpture


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“Ana Teresa Fernández: TransPollination of Eden” on view through October 23, 2025 “Q’uq’umatz” is the Mayan mythological god associated with the creation of the world and the cyclical nature of time, recounted in the Popol Vuh. He was revered as a mediator between the heavens and the earth, representing the duality of life, bringing the sun across the sky and bringing it down into the underworld. Fernández has created an electrifying, abstract vision of plant and animal forms with patterned, mirrored surfaces and neon plexiglas foliage and appendages, all emanating a glowing light. As viewers see themselves reflected everywhere within the flora and fauna, their reflections invite them to recognize the interconnectivity between humans and the earth and our role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem. This is the fourth of Cabrillo Gallery’s LatinXperiencia exhibitions featuring LatinX artists, which offer a platform to foster cross-cultural connections and conversations. Stop by the gallery to immerse yourself in this intriguing installation! Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Wed + Thurs evening 6-8pm For more information regarding our exhibitions please follow the links in our bio. You can also email us at gallery@cabrillo.edu #art #transpollinationofeden #cabrillocollege #artgallery #sculpture

“Ana Teresa Fernández: TransPollination of Eden” on view through October 23, 2025

“Q’uq’umatz” is the Mayan mythological god associated with the creation of the world and the cyclical nature of time, recounted in the Popol Vuh. He was revered as a mediator between the heavens and the earth, representing the duality of life, bringing the sun across the sky and bringing it down into the underworld.

Fernández has created an electrifying, abstract vision of plant and animal forms with patterned, mirrored surfaces and neon plexiglas foliage and appendages, all emanating a glowing light.
As viewers see themselves reflected everywhere within the flora and fauna, their reflections invite them to recognize the interconnectivity between humans and the earth and our role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem.

This is the fourth of Cabrillo Gallery’s LatinXperiencia exhibitions featuring LatinX artists, which offer a platform to foster cross-cultural connections and conversations.

Stop by the gallery to immerse yourself in this intriguing installation!

Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Wed + Thurs evening 6-8pm

For more information regarding our exhibitions please follow the links in our bio. You can also email us at gallery@cabrillo.edu

#art #transpollinationofeden #cabrillocollege #artgallery #sculpture

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Honored to announce my solo exhibition:
LISTEN LOUDER @lagunacollege in collaboration with @lagunaartmuseum

SOFT OPENING RECEPTION October 2nd, 2025 | LCAD Gallery | 6 PM – 9 PM
ARTIST RECEPTION November 6th, 2025 | LCAD Gallery | 6 PM – 9 PM
Laguna College of Art + Design’s Gallery proudly presents LISTEN LOUDER, an immersive experience by internationally
acclaimed artist, Ana Teresa Fernández. The ocean – the one true border, which constantly shifts, separating land and
sea, water and air – is the protagonist in Ana Teresa Fernández’ work.
Scientists know that ocean levels are predicted to rise six feet in the coming 30-50 years, causing coastal loss and forcing
worldwide migration, along with thousands of languages being lost. Light and reflective sculptural and video works invite
audiences to experience and contemplate timelines, waterlines, borderlines, and lifelines throughout the exhibition and
implore us to Listen Louder to the environment.

Exhibition Dates
October 2nd –
November 16th, 2024

LCAD Gallery
374 Ocean Avenue
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
LCAD Gallery Hours
11am-4pm Wednesday-Sunday
CLOSED Monday + Tuesday

#lagunaartmuseum #art #lagunacollegeofartanddesign #climatechange #artandclimate


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Honored to announce my solo exhibition: LISTEN LOUDER @lagunacollege in collaboration with @lagunaartmuseum SOFT OPENING RECEPTION October 2nd, 2025 | LCAD Gallery | 6 PM - 9 PM ARTIST RECEPTION November 6th, 2025 | LCAD Gallery | 6 PM - 9 PM Laguna College of Art + Design’s Gallery proudly presents LISTEN LOUDER, an immersive experience by internationally acclaimed artist, Ana Teresa Fernández. The ocean - the one true border, which constantly shifts, separating land and sea, water and air - is the protagonist in Ana Teresa Fernández’ work. Scientists know that ocean levels are predicted to rise six feet in the coming 30-50 years, causing coastal loss and forcing worldwide migration, along with thousands of languages being lost. Light and reflective sculptural and video works invite audiences to experience and contemplate timelines, waterlines, borderlines, and lifelines throughout the exhibition and implore us to Listen Louder to the environment. Exhibition Dates October 2nd - November 16th, 2024 LCAD Gallery 374 Ocean Avenue Laguna Beach, CA 92651 LCAD Gallery Hours 11am-4pm Wednesday-Sunday CLOSED Monday + Tuesday #lagunaartmuseum #art #lagunacollegeofartanddesign #climatechange #artandclimate

Honored to announce my solo exhibition:
LISTEN LOUDER @lagunacollege in collaboration with @lagunaartmuseum

SOFT OPENING RECEPTION October 2nd, 2025 | LCAD Gallery | 6 PM – 9 PM
ARTIST RECEPTION November 6th, 2025 | LCAD Gallery | 6 PM – 9 PM
Laguna College of Art + Design’s Gallery proudly presents LISTEN LOUDER, an immersive experience by internationally
acclaimed artist, Ana Teresa Fernández. The ocean – the one true border, which constantly shifts, separating land and
sea, water and air – is the protagonist in Ana Teresa Fernández’ work.
Scientists know that ocean levels are predicted to rise six feet in the coming 30-50 years, causing coastal loss and forcing
worldwide migration, along with thousands of languages being lost. Light and reflective sculptural and video works invite
audiences to experience and contemplate timelines, waterlines, borderlines, and lifelines throughout the exhibition and
implore us to Listen Louder to the environment.

Exhibition Dates
October 2nd –
November 16th, 2024

LCAD Gallery
374 Ocean Avenue
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
LCAD Gallery Hours
11am-4pm Wednesday-Sunday
CLOSED Monday + Tuesday

#lagunaartmuseum #art #lagunacollegeofartanddesign #climatechange #artandclimate

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Curriculum Vitae

Ana Teresa Fernández

Born 1981 in Tampico, Mexico 
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA

Read the full Bio.

Education

2001
Alliance Française II Diplome, École Brillantmont, Lausanne, Switzerland

2004
B.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 

2006
M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024 
S O S , Art + Nature, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
Listen Louder, Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna , CA
Transpollination of Eden , Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA

2023 
Under Pressure , Automattic, NYC, NY
Listen Louder, DiRosa Center for Contemporary Art, Sonoma , CA

2022
The Armory Show, Solo Booth, New York City, NY
Under Pressure, Arion Press, San Francisco, CA 
At The Edge of Distance, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
Borrando la Frontera and Erasure, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2019
Ana Teresa Fernández: Of Bodies and Borders, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 

2018
Ana Teresa Fernández: Of Bodies and Borders, Gallery Wendi Norris Offsite, Miami, FL 

2016
Ana Teresa Fernández: Erasure, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, CA 

2015
All or Nothing, First Street Gallery, Humboldt State University, Humboldt, CA 

2014
Foreign Bodies, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, CA 
Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City, Mexico 
La Llorona Unfabled, Stories to (Re)tell to Little Girls, Galería de la Raza, San Francisco, CA 

2011
ELLE DÉCOR, Concept Modern Life, New York, NY 
Ablution, Electric Works, San Francisco, CA 

2010
Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa 

2009
Ecdisis, San Francisco Arts Commission Equity Grant, Galería de la Raza, San Francisco, CA 

2008
Telaraña, Tournesol Exhibition, Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA 
Aseando Fronteras, Mexican Consulate, San Francisco, CA 

2007
Pressing Matters, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2006
Nan Mitan-an, (In the middle), Fondation d’Art, Jacmel, Haiti 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 
Maleza, Diseño de Resistencia, Design Week en Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, MX
Refuge: Needing, Seeking, Creating Shelter, 21C Museum, Lexington, Kentucky
5x5x5 ArtFwd, MarinMoca, Marin, CA
Migration and Displacement, Science Po Refugee, Paris, FR

2024
Presence, Maison Caillebotte, Yerres, France
Future Dreaming a Path Forward, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
Rising Tides, Hall Art and Technology, Alameda, CA
Worlds World Worlds, Kadist , San Francisco, CA
In the Shadow of the Wall, Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah
Slow Motion, Monument Lab, Grounds for Sculpture, New Jersey

2023
Patio, Offsite Zona Maco, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur
Paris Photo, Paris, FR
ArtExpo Chicago, Chicago, Ill

2022
Dissolve, Institute and Museum of California Art, University of California Irvine, CA 

2021
Lands End, FOR-SITE Foundation, San Francisco, CA 
Truth Farm, Miami Art Basel, MI 
Untitled, Video Billboard Truck, MI 
Siren’s Song, Three Turns Miami, FL 
On the Horizon, Sweden, Israel & Mexico 
Beyond Borders, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška and Center for Contemporary Arts Celje, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia 
Night Watch 2021, offsite exhibition of Shimon Attie, Gray Area Foundation, San Francisco, CA 
Mindset Project, in collaboration with Shiza Shahid, The Peninsula Hotel, NY 
Truth Farm, Intervention Exhibition in Trump Winery, Charlottesville, VA 
Of Here From There, Gray Area Foundation, San Francisco, CA 

2020
Die Verwandlung – Borders are Vacillating, Center for the Future, Prague, Czech Republic 
Somos Visibles, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 
Migration(s) and Meaning in Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD 

2019
Counter-Landscapes: Performative Actions from the 1970s – Now, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ 
Sanctuary, FOR-SITE Foundation, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada 
Sanctuary, FOR-SITE Foundation, Smart Museum, Chicago, IL; Asia Society Museum, New York, NY 
Unsettled: Art on the New Frontier, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA 
Dread and Delight: Fairy Tales in an Anxious World, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College’s
Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, Grinnell, IA; Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH 

2018
re: home, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA 
When the walls come tumbling down: Artists re-imagine the U.S.-MEX Border, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA 
Dread and Delight: Fairy Tales in an Anxious World, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC 
What We Make, Richard M. Ross Art Museum, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH 
Unsettled, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK 
Art/Action, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK 

2017
Sanctuary, FOR-SITE Foundation, Fort Mason Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 
UnDocumenta, Pacific Standard Time: LA>LA, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA 
Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Place, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO 
UNSETTLED, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno 

2016
Ana Mendieta/ Threads of Influence, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ 
Framing Beauty, The Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 

2015
Everybody’s Ocean, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA 
Provisional Haven, REFUSALON, San Francisco, CA 

2014
Galería Sin Fronteras, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 

2013
Small Paintings from the Cheech Marin Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA 
Oye Mira, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 
Want.Here.You.Now, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 
Chicanitas, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA 
See You Next Tuesday, Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR 
La Caja Galeria, Tijuana, Mexico 

2012
Tournesol Retrospective, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA 
Power in Numbers, MACLA, San Jose, CA 
ZERO 1 Biennial, San Jose, CA 
Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA 
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 
Intersection for the Arts, Motion Graphics, San Francisco, CA 
La Fragua Residency & Exhibition, Córdoba, Spain 

2011
Chicanitas, Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, IN 
Numina, Mexico Consulate General, San Francisco, CA 
Sonido Pirata, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA 
Exhibition of Art and Activism, Service Employees International Union, Los Angeles, CA 
The Body Politics, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA 
Chicanitas (size doesn’t matter), Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 
Cico and Chang, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 
Manifest Painting, 1st Edition, Manifest Press, Manifest, Cincinnati, OH 
Chicas Chic, Bart Station Public Posters, California Institute of Integral Studies Exhibition, San Francisco Bay Area, CA 

2010
Bienal de Tijuana, Estandartes, Museo Centro Cultural de Tijuana, Mexico 
Oakland Contemporary Museum of Art, Oakland, CA 
40th Anniversary Show, Galería de la Raza, San Francisco, CA 
The Passport Project, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
Off the Record, Edge Zones Art Center, Miami, FL 
Levis Co Workshop, San Francisco, CA 
Mission Icons, Artillery Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
Museo de Artistas Mexicanas, Mexico City, Mexico

2009
Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa 
African Time, Cape Town, South Africa 
Lipstick, Praxis International Gallery, New York, NY 
Rastros y Cronicas, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 

2008
Valoarte 08, Galería Nacional Museo San Jose, Costa Rica 
Tournesol Retrospective, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA 
Equilateral, Electric Works, San Francisco, CA 
Bay Area Now 5, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 
KN Gallery, Chicago, IL 
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 

2007
Conduits of Labor, Queens Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA 
Brooklyn Art Gallery, New York, NY 
Trabajo Mexicano, Sun Valley Arts Center, Sun Valley, ID 
No distance is more awesome, Galería de la Raza, San Francisco, CA 
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, The Office, Los Angeles, CA 

Public Projects

2022
Circulation, Roundabout commission by the City of Napa, CA 
On the Horizon presented at multiple venues: 

  • Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • Centro Bahia and Museo Municipal de Regla (Sala de Extension), Cuba 
  • Playas de Tijuana, Mexico 
  • World Ocean Celebration, South Beach Miami, FL 

BIONEERS Conference, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA 

2021
On the Horizon, Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA 

2017
Dream, Public Art Installation, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 

2012
5W Public Art Project in Downtown San Francisco in collaboration with Intersection for the Arts, CA 
TROKA TROKA, Public Art Project, San Francisco, CA 

Awards, Acknowledgments & Residences

2024
San Francisco Arts Commission Cultural Equity Grant , SF, CA
Marcus Art Prize, Montalvo Art Center, Saratoga, CA
Lucas Art Fellow, Montalvo Art Center & Santa Clara University, Saratoga, CA

2023
Rosy de Palma Awardee, Special Photo Award at Paris Photo

2022
New York Times: A New Climate San Francisco, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 

2020
ACLU Artist in Residence 
Best Civic Engagement 2020, Ford Foundation, “SOMOS VISIBLES” 

2019
National Endowment for the Arts (In partnership with Creativity Explored) 
Kennith Rainin Foundation Grant, San Francisco, CA 
California Arts Council Grant, San Francisco, CA 

2018
YBCA 100, Extraordinary leaders building sustainable, equitable, and regenerative communities, San Francisco, CA 

2014
Zellerbach Family Foundation Grant, San Francisco, CA 
Eureka Fellowship Program, Fleishhacker Foundation, San Francisco, CA 
FAAP (Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado) International Artist Residency, Brazil 

2013
De Young Museum Artist Studio Residency, Kimball Gallery, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA 
Best of the Bay, 7×7 Magazine, 5W Project, San Francisco, CA 
Public Art Network, Americans for the Arts, Year in Review Recipient 
Best Experimental Film, San Diego Latino Film Festival, San Diego, CA 
Best Experimental Film, Honolulu Film Festival, Honolulu, HI 

2012
Public Art Network, Americans for the Arts, Year in Review Recipient 
La Fragua Residency Award, Cordoba, Spain 
San Francisco Arts Commission, Arts and Communities: Innovative Partnership Grant 

2011
Goldie Award, Artist of the Year for San Francisco Bay Area Guardian, San Francisco, CA 

2009
Creative Work Fund, San Francisco, CA 
Greatmore Studios, Residency, Cape Town, South Africa 

2007
NALAC Fund for the Arts, National Association of Latino Art and Culture, San Antonio, TX 
Tournesol Award Recipient, Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA 
SF Arts Commission Cultural Equity, Individual Artist Grant, San Francisco, CA 

2006
Neighborhood Public Art Grant Project, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA 
Fondation D’Art Jakmel Residency, Jakmel, Haiti 
Mujeres de Juarez Residency, LEF Foundation Grant, Juarez, Mexico 

2005
My Country Left or Right, Merit Award, Horton Gallery, Delta College, Stockton, CA 
Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA 

2004
Jack Cadogan and Gertrude Murphy Fellowship in the Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA 
Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 

2001
Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 

Permanent Collections

21c Museum Hotels, Louisville, KY 

Abrahamson Family Collection, Madison, WI 

Blanton Musuem of Art, University of Texas, Austin 

The Cheech at Riverside Museum of Art, CA 

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO 

Kadist Institute, Paris, France and San Francisco, CA 

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA 

Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN 

McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 

National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL 

Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV 

Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame University, IN 

Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 

The Battery, San Francisco, CA 

WordPress Private Collection 

Film Festivals

San Diego Latino Film Festival Best Experimental Short, San Diego, CA 

IVAH, Madrid, Spain 

Honolulu International Film Festival, Gold Kahuna Award, Best Experimental Short 

West Chester Film Festival, West Chester, PA 

San Diego Film Consortium, San Diego, CA 

Palm Springs Short Festival Market, Palm Springs, CA 

Claremont Ferrand Marche, France 

International Frauen Film Festival, Dortmund, Germany 

Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto, Canada 

Irish Latin American Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland 

Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, GA 

Arizona International Film Festival, Best Experimental Short Tucson, AZ 

Sonoma Film Festival, Sonoma, CA 

Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, TN 

Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC 

Woodstock Film Festival, New York, NY 

Lectures

Night Watch 2021 panel presentations at Minnesota Street Project and Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA 

TEDX Pennsylvania Avenue, New Museum, Washington DC 

Art & Environment Conference, Reno Art Museum 

Civic Change, Ford Foundation 

Women and Migration, New York University, NY 

Emerging Leaders of Color, WESTAF, Western States Arts Federation 

Americans for the Arts, Public Art Network, Boston, MASS 

Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK 

NALAC Conference, Philadelphia, PA 

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 

UC Berkeley University, Berkeley, CA 

Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, CA 

Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN 

Consulate General of Mexico, San Francisco, CA 

San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 

Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa 

California College for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 

Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA 

California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA 

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 

Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 

Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA 

Teaching

Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 

California College for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 

Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 

UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 

University of San Francisco, CA 

St Mary’s College, Orinda, CA 

Select Press & Publications

Bravo, Tony. “Ana Teresa Fernández speaks to borders and the environment in ‘At the Edge of Distance,’” Datebook for San Francisco Chronicle. August 23, 2022. Link.

Van Proyen, Mark. “Ana Teresa Fernández’s Border Crossings,” Squarecylinder. August 10, 2022. Link.

Smith, Tamsin. “THEY’LL BE YOUR MIRROR: Ana Teresa Fernández and Arleene Correa Valencia @ Catharine Clark Gallery,” juxtapoz. August 04, 2022. Link. 

Fiala, Jessica and Shi Qian. “Twenty Years of Public Art in the United States: Relationships, Transformations, and Digital Interventions,” Public Art Journal. Shanghai Fine Arts Publisher, April 15, 2022. 

“Beyond Borders.” Texts by Maja Antoncic, Miha Blazic, dr. Andreja Hribernik, dr. Kaja Sirok. Zavod Celeia Celje. September 28 – December 5, 2021. Exhibition catalogue. 

Cisneros, Josue David. “Free to move, free to stay, free to return: border rhetorics and a commitment to telos,” Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. March 20, 2021. Link. 

Rodríguez, Diana Carolina Peláez and Campos, Sonia Marsela Rojas. “Artista Invitada: Ana Teresa Fernández: Desdibujando barreras,” Nomadas. Issue 54, pages 251-262. Universidad Central, Bogotá, Colombia, January – June, 2021. Link.

“Counter-Landscapes: Performative Actions from the 1970s – Now.” Edited by Nina Lawallen Hufford. Design and production by Fernando Espinosa. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 2020. Exhibition catalogue. 

Ryan, Kate. “Factbox: Eight Artists Spotlighting the Human Cost of Migration,” Reuters. August 1, 2019. Link.

Estape, Taylor. “Ten Galleries and Art Spaces to Visit During Miami Art Week” Miami New Times. December 5, 2018. Link.

“Of Bodies and Borders: Ana Teresa Fernández.” Essay by María Elena Ortiz. Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University Bloomington, and Gallery Wendi Norris, 2018. 

Hart, Rebecca R. “Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Place,” Denver Art Museum, 2017. Exhibition catalogue. 

Murray, Yxta Maya. “Ana Teresa Fernández Paints it Away,” Artillery. March 7, 2017. Link. 

Sager, Rebekah. “Vanishing Border: Trump wants to build a wall, artist wants to blend it into landscape,” Fox News Latino. December 1, 2016. Link.

Sarah, Lakshmi. “Women To Watch: Ana Teresa Fernández,” KQED. July 19, 2016. Link.

Wallace, Michelle Marie Robles. “The Artists Using the US-Mexico Border as a Blank Canvas,” Vice. June 29, 2016. Link.

Taylor, Alan. “Erasing the Border,” The Atlantic. April 12, 2016. Link.

McGonigal, Chris. “These Artists Tried ‘Erasing’ Parts of the U.S.-Mexico Border Fence,” Huffington Politics. April 11, 2016. Link. 

Gamboa, Paolo. “A borrar fronteras,” Norte Digital. April 10, 2016. Link.

Huffaker, Sandy. “Painting away the border,” Reuters. April 10, 2016. Link.

“Borrando Fronteras,” La Polaka, April 9, 2016. Link.

Sarah, Lakshmi. “Can One Artist’s Work Prompt Conversations About Border Politics?,” KQED News. April 7, 2016. Link.

Chun, Kimberly. “Mexican Artist Pays Tribute to Lost Students,” SF Gate. March 23, 2016. Link.

Quadros, Alex. “Beneath The Surface,” Very Nearly Almost. March 2016. 

“20 Artists for the Trump Era,” Artsy. January 19, 2016. Link.

Trimble Lynn, “Artist Ana Teresa Fernández on Erasing the U.S.-Mexico Border with Blue Paint,” Phoenix New Times. October 23, 2015. Link.  

Caroline A. Miranda, “Column Roundup: An artist erases the border, subversive graffiti, conflict at San Francisco Art Museums,” Los Angeles Times. October 19, 2015. Link.

“Artist uses paint to protest U.S. – Mexico border wall,” Al Jazeera America. October 15, 2015. Link.

“SF-Based Artist Painting the U.S.-Mexico Border to Make it Invisible,” CBS San Francisco. October 14, 2015. Link. 

“California artists, Ana Teresa Fernández, plans to render border fence ‘invisible,’” ABC 15 News. October 14, 2015. Link.

Fernandez, Valeria. “Artist Plans to Render Border Fence ‘Invisible’,” The Associated Press. October 13, 2015. Link. 

Heydarpour, Roja. “Potent images capture the stolen moments of families split by migration,” Women in the World, in association with the New York Times. October 6, 2015. Link. 

Volpicelli, Anna. “4 Women Makers Who Inspire Us,” 7×7 Magazine. August 12, 2015. Link.

“All or Nothing.” Essay by Rebecca Solnit. First Street Gallery, Humboldt State University, 2015. Exhibition catalogue. 

Shepter, Joe. “Crossing Borders,” Adobe Inspire. November 4, 2014. Link.

Krasny, Michael. “Artist Ana Teresa Fernández: Art on the Border,” Forum with Michael Krasny, KQED. May 28, 2014. Link.

Solnit, Rebecca. “Men Explain Things to Me,” Haymarket Books. May 20, 2014. 

Delaunay, Monique. “Interview: Ana Teresa Fernández, ‘Foreign Bodies’ at Gallery Wendi Norris,” SF Art Enthusiast. April 3, 2014. Link. 

“Exhibition Spotlight: Ana Teresa Fernández at Electric Works, San Francisco,” HuffPost Arts & Culture. July 3, 2013. 

Smith, Kristin. “First of Five SoMA Light Sculptures Unveiled Tonight,” 7×7 Magazine. February 27, 2013. Link. 

Furio, Joanne. “The New City Lights: A series of public sculptures takes on the gentrification of mid-Market,” San Francisco Magazine. February 12, 2013. Link.

Sussman, Matt. “GOLDIES 2011: Ana Teresa Fernández,” San Francisco Bay Guardian. November 8, 2011. Link.

Tedford, Matthew Harrison. “La Llorona Unfabled: Stories to (Re)tell to Little Girls,” Art Practical. February 2011. Link.

Janku, Laura Richard. “’TelAranaTelAranaTelA’ by Ana Teresa Fernández at the Luggage Store (San Francisco),” art ltd. August 2008.