Migration, social hierarchies, experiences of otherness and invisibility – all inform the practices of Pilar Agüero-Esparza and Hector Dionicio Mendoza. In their mixed media works, the human body serves as a focal point for material exploration in the representation of the body in physical form and as well as conceptually. Both artists work with specific materials chosen for their materiality and signifying potential. Informed by craft and the hand-made object, these artists combine their material concerns with their social concerns to spotlight specific cultural experiences and give voice to marginalized communities.

Agüero-Esparza and Mendoza’s 2010 project “El Shop” was a significant collaboration through which each artist augmented their individual artistic paths. This exhibition, fifteen years forward, brings the artists together to survey their current commonalities particularly within the content of their work and view their distinctly individual forms of expression garnered through specific working processes and materials. As a component of this exhibition, the artists hope to create new collaborative work in which they will explore the potential of combining their respective working strategies and materials with current content concerns.