Co-Founder of:
b. 1990, NYC
Luz Angélica Fernández lives and works in Brooklyn
EDUCATION
2012 Bachelor of Arts, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA / Concentration: Fine Arts & Curatorial Studies
EXHIBITIONS
2019 “drape over another,” Live painting for Speaker Music album launch, Artists Space, New York, NY
2019 “this simulation sux,” Live painting and painted apparel line exhibition for HECHA / 做, Phorm Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2019 “Pop-Up Event,” Live painting and painted apparel line exhibition for HECHA / 做, Refuge Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Painted Apparel Line Exhibition for HECHA / 做, Holyrad Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Group Exhibition, Apostrophe Pop-Up Gallery, Bronx, NY
2017 Solo Exhibition, Jorge Andrew Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016-17 Online Guest Artist, The Road Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Solo Exhibition, 988 Manhattan, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Mural Commission, Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Two-Person Thesis Exhibition, “ATTEMPTS,” Main Gallery, Hampshire College, Massachusetts, MA
2011 Group Exhibition, Prescott Tavern, Hampshire College, Massachusetts, MA
2010 Group Exhibition, Liebling Center for Film, Photography, and Video, Hampshire College, Massachusetts, MA
2010 Group Exhibition, Artists’ Books, Main Gallery, Hampshire College, Massachusetts, MA
2010 Group Exhibition, James Baldwin & Black History Month, Main Gallery, Hampshire College, Massachusetts, MA
2008 Group Exhibition, The New Awkward, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
GRANTS
2012 Design Art and Technology Grant, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
2012 Pope Foundation Grant, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sandra Song, “Official Rebrand, HECHA / 做 Launch Anti-Greenwashing Earth Day Zine,” PAPER Magazine, April 23, 2020.
https://www.papermag.com/hecha-or-zine-2645809341.html
Emma Banks, “Meet the Designers Who Are Working Hard for a Queerer Sustainability Movement,” Autostraddle, April 22, 2020.
Ryan Meehan, “Performance, party, techno playground or panopticon?” The Wire, March 2020 (Issue 433) Page 79
https://i.ibb.co/Dz5g7Sp/079-wire-march.jpg
Alex Honey, “Queering Capitalism: HECHA / 做 on their 'empathetic' business model,” Threads Radio, September 20, 2019.
https://threadsradio.com/queering-capitalism-hecha/
Natalia Panzer, “Serpent in a Straight Line, Speaker Music, SYANIDE & Via App to Perform at HECHA / 做 Pop Up,” FACT Magazine, September 19, 2019.
PULPMAG, “Meet the Makers Behind HECHA / 做,” Medium, August 8, 2019.
https://medium.com/pulpmag/meet-the-makers-behind-hecha-%E5%81%9A-649d6fba3117
Sara Radin, “These Brands are Tackling Both Sustainability & Queerness Through Clothes,” Fashionista, May 23, 2019.
https://fashionista.com/2019/05/sustainable-queer-fashion-brands
Jenna Igneri, “This Sustainable, Gender-Fluid Clothing Label Was Born At A Rave In Queens,” NYLON, April 23, 2019.
https://www.nylon.com/the-green-scene-hecha
Cookcook, “HECHA / 做 & Bergsonist - Collection Exhibition 01 / ‘Killed By Earth,’” Tiny Mix Tapes, March 29, 2019.
Henry Bruce-Jones, “Make Techno Black Again celebrates Detroit with specially-designed hat and mix,” FACT Magazine, November 2, 2018.
https://www.factmag.com/2018/11/02/make-techno-black-again/
Michael Love Michael, “HECHA / 做 Founders On Their New 'Gender-Flexible' Collection,” PAPER Magazine, September 7, 2018.
http://www.papermag.com/hecha-2602840634.html
Priya Dadlani, “HECHA / 做: One Step Towards Decolonizing Fashion,” Spicy Zine, September 7, 2018.
https://spicyzine.com/2018/09/07/hecha-one-step-towards-decolonizing-fashion/
Michael Anthony Farley, “This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Queens Reigns Supreme,” Art F City, June 5, 2017.
http://artfcity.com/2017/06/05/this-weeks-must-see-art-events-queens-reigns-supreme/
Cassidy Dawn Graves, “One Structure To Sustain You, Selena Lives On, And More Art Openings,” Bedford and Bowery, June 5, 2017.
“Luz Angelica Fernandez ‘New Paintings’ curated by Jorge Day at Jorge Andrew Gallery,” Artcards, access date: June 7, 2017.
Starry Night Programs, Artists to Look Out For: Volume II, October 2015, p.30
Bennington College, Plain China, “Video Stills” photo, December 2013
Hampshire College, The Reader, “Video Stills” photo, Spring 2012
Hampshire College, The Reader, “Untitled” collage drawing, Spring 2011
Hampshire College, The Climax, “Untitled” charcoal drawing, Spring 2009