RELATED ARTWORKS:

Preoccupation (Gray Hair)

Abuela, madre, hija (Grandmother, Mother, Daughter)

Untitled (Rinse)

RELATED PRESS:

Yaniv, Etty. “Jessica Lagunas: With Every Fiber at Pelham Art Center.” ArtSpiel, April 7, 2021

PROCESS:

EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Meditations on Hair,
Hall of Fame Art Gallery (Online)
Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY
March 10-April 30, 2021
(extended through May 21, 2021)

Serie “Por siempre joven” (“Forever Young” Series)
#33 to #48
Artist’s gray hair, black silk, and embroidery hoop

#47 Timelapse
Serie “Por siempre joven” (“Forever Young” Series)
#47 Front and Back
Artist’s gray hair, black silk, and tape

Meditations on Hair: Por siempre joven / Forever Young
Video for Bronx Community College
3 minutes 11 seconds

Hair Weavings Series:
@ El Museo del Barrio’s Back in Five Minutes Residency
Human hair, silk thread, or yarn
#1: 22” x 11” approx.
#2: 47” x 7” approx.
@ the Joan Mitchell Center Artist in Residency
Human hair, Kanekalon braiding hair, dog hair, and cotton thread
#3: 24.5” x 11” approx.

Pin Loom Hair Weaves #1, #2, #4, #6, #5 and #7
Artist’s gray and dark hair, silk thread, and brass rods Dimensions variable

EXHIBITION DETAILS:

AIM Open House Group Show,
The Block Gallery, New York, NY
November 14–December 13, 2019

Serie “Por siempre joven” (“Forever Young” Series)
#33 to #47
Artist’s gray hair, black silk, and embroidery hoop

EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Apocryphal Times,
Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, NY
October 30–December 20, 2014
Curated by Tamara Kostianovsky and Thorsten Albertz

Serie “Por siempre joven” (“Forever Young” Series)
#33 to #42
Artist’s gray hair, black silk, and embroidery hoop

EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Silence Unbound: The Artist Lexicon in the Making,
The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
January 17–March 29, 2014
Curated by Heather Powell

Serie “Por siempre joven” (“Forever Young” Series)
#33 to #41
Artist’s gray hair, black silk, and embroidery hoop

Historias íntimas (Intimate Stories)
Artist book hand-bound, letters and clamshell-box
Dimensions variable

EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Hair,
Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
September 3–December 24, 2013
Curated by Anonda Bell

Serie “Por siempre joven” (“Forever Young” Series)
#33 to #40
Artist’s gray hair, black silk, and embroidery hoop

EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Pinta NY, Latin American Art Fair,
Booth from ROLLO Contemporary Art
Pier 92, New York, NY
November 12–14, 2010

Serie “Por siempre joven” (“Forever Young” Series)
#33 to #38
Artist’s gray hair, black silk, and embroidery hoop

Para verte mejor (The Better to See You With)
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 37 seconds, no audio

Para besarte mejor (The Better to Kiss You With)
Single-channel video, 57 minutes 48 seconds, no audio

Para acariciarte mejor (The Better to Caress You With)
Single-channel video, 1 hour 49 minutes 36 seconds, no audio

EXHIBITION DETAILS:

Hair Tactics,
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
February 5–August 22, 2010 (Closed earlier in June 2010)
Curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado

Serie “Por siempre joven” (“Forever Young” Series)
#33 to #37
Artist’s gray hair, black silk, and embroidery hoop

PROCESS:

Daily documentation while embroidering my #48, with front and back views.
Roumanian Couching was used for the thickest part of the #8.

PROCESS:

Timelapse video while embroidering my #47, with front and back views.