Ana María Hernando (born 1959) is an

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visual artist. Hernando currently lives in

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. Hernando's artwork includes feminine fiber installations that celebrate the lives and community of

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women. In addition to fiber arts, Hernando also incorporates painting, drawing, printmaking, and bilingual poetry into her art and installations.

Work

Hernando received her

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from California College of the Arts (CCA) in 1990. Her work has been featured at the Oklahoma Contemporary, the

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, the Marfa Contemporary, the

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, the International Center of Bethlehem in

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, the

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, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, and at the CU Art Museum at the

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. From January 16 until March 17, 2023 Hernado's mixed -media sculptural instillation ''To Let the Sky Know / Dejar que el cielo sepa'' is being exhibited in

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in New York City.

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* 1959 births Living people 20th-century Argentine women artists 21st-century Argentine women artists Argentine emigrants to the United States California College of the Arts alumni {{Argentina-artist-stub