Chicano Camera Culture: A Photographic History, 1966 to 2026, opens at The Cheech this Saturday, February 7th. Riverside Art Museum: February 7th – July 5th.
This exhibition is the first major survey to examine the depth and evolution of Chicana/o/x lens-based image-making over the past 60 years.
Gallery artists Christina Fernandez and Arlene Mejorado, are two of 50 U.S Chicana/o/x artist included in the exhibition. Featuring 150 works the exhibition traces photography’s role from its activist roots in the 1960s to expansive contemporary expressions today. Traditional and experimental works invite viewers to consider the camera’s enduring role in shaping self-representation, cultural identity, and political expression.
Curated by Elizabeth Ferrer, the exhibition includes trailblazers such as Louis Carlos Bernal, Luis C. Garza, George Rodriguez, and María Varela, who are presented alongside innovators of the 1980s and 1990s—including Kathy Vargas, Ricardo Valverde, Christina Fernandez, and Ken Gonzales-Day—and contemporary voices Star Montana, Arlene Mejorado, Thalía Gochez, and Eduardo L Rivera.