Mafer Hernández (b. 1995) creates visual experiences on color, light, space and movement using photography, installations, books, natural dyes, botanical pigments, and sculptural elements.
Mafer holds a BFA in photography and printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute (2018). Her work has been presented at La Fototeca and Museo Ixchel in Guatemala, and Root Division and Arion Press in San Francisco, California. Her work is included in the de Young Museum Collection and the Latin American Collection of the Stanford University Libraries.
Mafer is the founder of GRACIA a Guatemalan-owned and artist-run project established in 2019. Their mission is to promote a broader and engaging dialogue across countries, cultures, and research fields. They achieve this through residencies, creative education, and public programs, with a focus on cross-cultural exchange, artistic practice, and personal exploration.
In the past five years she has hosted artists in residence from across the world and has facilitated community-based art workshops in various cultural institutions and independent spaces in Guatemala and Spain.
To schedule a studio visit or for sale inquiries, press, commissions: maferhernandeze@gmail.com
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Contenedor de Soles, Galería Panza Verde, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Women in the Arts, Galería Panza Verde, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
2023 Materia Impresa, La Procesual, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
2023 Cicatrices del Fuego, Museo Ixchel, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2023 Vancouver Latin America Film Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2023 Made in St. Gallen, Kurzfilmnacht, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2019 Trama-Tejido-Trazo, La Fototeca, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2019 The Women of the Resistance, Alley Cat Books, San Francisco, CA
2019 The Open Book Show, Arion Press, San Francisco, CA
2018 The Open Book Show, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2018 100 under 100, Fleet Wood, San Francisco, CA
2018 BFA Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2018 You Were Here, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Día de los Muertos, Back to the Picture, San Francisco, CA
2017 Ofrendas de Amor, Puerto Alegre, San Francisco, CA
2017 Ñ, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Burning Down the House, Eric Quezada Center, San Francisco, CA
2014 [BeLong], Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Residencies / Programs
2021 La Nueva Fábrica, Artist Residency, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
Known Collections
de Young Museum
Latin American Collection Stanford University Libraries
Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Education
2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA