San Francisco based artist Alexander Hernandez was originally born in Huajuapan de Leon Oaxaca, Mexico, and raised in Grand Junction, Colorado. His practice is mixed-media in nature with a concentration in textiles. His work explores the intersectional identities of the immigrant experience, queer sensibilities, gender expectations, and HIV+ survival. In 2007, he earned a BFA in painting and drawing from Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design in Denver, Colorado, and an MFA in studio art in 2012 from California College of the Arts in San Francisco. He has participated in numerous artist residencies including Mass Moca in Massachusetts; Elsewhere Museum in North Carolina; Mark Rothko Art Center in Latvia; the Vermont Studio Center in Vermont; ACME in Wisconsin; and in California, at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles; Root Division; and recently at the New Museum Los Gatos, and Chalk Hill art residency.