ABOUT ILEANA

Ileana Doble Hernandez is a Mexican-American artist who believes that art has the power to make people care, this is why she's been making art for over a decade, as a form of activism. Her image and text based practice includes photography, video, collage and participatory installations. She has contributed to more than 60 group exhibitions at institutions like the Society of Photographic Education in the U.S., Rencontres d'Arles in France and CICA Museum in South Korea. In 2024, her work was shown at the Old Stone House Museum in Brooklyn, and in her home state of Massachusetts at the Boston City Hall, the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Worcester Art Museum and the Danforth Art Museum, which presented an exhibition of works made by Hernandez in the past six years. 

Drawing from her experience as an immigrant and mother, she asks the audience to confront issues like gun violence, immigration and the imperialistic practices of the U.S.  In her lectures, she shares first-hand experience of how the uncontrolled gun culture in the United States spurs conflicts around the world, including those related to the war on drugs in Mexico.

Through her traveling installation “Postcards to End Gun Violence” more than 1000 postcards have been provided and mailed to U.S. elected officials advocating for gun control. Since 2020 she's collaborated with Imaginary Lines Project, a socially engaged artistic endeavor that shares the journey of people who have walked the U.S./Mexico border. 

Hernandez was a resident of the inaugural cohort at the Boston Center for the Arts, she's a recipient of numerous awards, including the 2026 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artists Grants, and she's a fellow from the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund, the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, the Boston Arts and Business Council and Collective Futures Fund.