Artist Storyteller Designer
Lilia Berenice Hernandez Galusha
Artist, Storyteller, Designer
I approach each work focused on an experience.
I believe our lived experiences teach our bodies how to navigate our surroundings and people around us. Thus, it is important to exchange our stories so we can better understand the stories our bodies never experienced. Through a multimedia studio practice I look for ways to tell narratives that deliver validation, understanding, or representation to myself and others.
The stories I tell are stories of immigration, family, self discovery, and assimilation. Experiences accumulate and our bodies become databases of lived knowledge. So how do we reconnect to our body’s database with agency and intention; and what do we gain in reconnecting to those memories?
People’s stories give me a better sense of humanity and a better understanding of others and myself. They connect me to emotion and make me feel human.
Education
2017 - 2019
MFA Applied Craft + Design
Oregon College of Art & Craft and
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, OR
2007 - 2013
BFA in Studio Art: Illustration
Minor in Mass Media Production & Design
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, AR
Awards
2021
AC+D 2021 Creative Entrepreneurial Fellow
Portland, OR
2020
2020
Meadow Arts Place, Creative Enhancement Scholarship
Morrison, CO
Regional Arts & Culture Council Project Grant Portland, OR
2019
2019 Applied Craft + Design Program Award
Portland, OR
2018
Anderson Ranch Summer Workshop Scholarship
Snowmass, Co
2017
Nomination: Idle Class Black Apple Award, 2017 Favorite Mixed Media Artists
Arkansas
2011
First Place People Photography,
55th Annual Grand Prairie Art Show
Stuttgart, AR
2011
Judith Anne Wrappe Memorial Scholarship
Little Rock, AR
2011
Wilma and Jack Diner Scholarship Award
Little Rock, AR
2011
Red Door Gallery Award
Little Rock, AR
2011
Art Outfitters Award
Little Rock, AR
Exhibitions
Solo & Two Person
2020
2020
Isomorphic Fragments
Next Gallery, Lakewood, CO
Capas
Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN
2018
Capas
Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK
2017
Art Walk: Lilia Hernandez Galusha & Kesha Lagniappe
The House of Art, North Little Rock, AR
2015
Weaving with Colors
Afterthought, Little Rock, AR
2015
Lilia Hernandez Exhibition & Workshop
Esse Purse Museum, Little Rock, AR
Group
2019
When You Put Energy into a System
Helzer Gallery, Portland, OR
2019
I've Gone Out To Find Myself If Anyone Sees Me
Please Hold Me Here Until I Get Back
Bison Building, Portland, OR
2019
MFA/MA Video Screening at CAA
2019 College Art Association Conference in NYC
Hilton NYC Midtown, New York City, NY
2018
No Budget Too Small
Bison Building, Portland, OR
2018
In the Moment
Bison Building, Portland, OR
2017
Test House
Bison Building, Portland, OR
2017
2017 Graduate Symposium Exhibition: Visualizing Resistance
PNCA, Gallery 157, North Little Rock, AR
2017
2nd All Women Fiber Arts Exhibition
William F. Laman Public Library, North Little Rock, AR
2016
Figure it Out
Mugs Cafe, North Little Rock, AR
2016
In Memory of Amy Edington: Collage Art by Arkansas Artist
Wildwood Park, Little Rock, AR
2016
Viva la Mujer
Argenta Gallery, North Little Rock, AR
2015
Pressure: Representing Printmakers
Gallery 360, Little Rock, AR
2015
The Latino Art Project
Argenta Gallery, North Little Rock, AR
2015
Inspired By Wildwood
Wildwood Park, Little Rock, AR
2015
One of Us
Cox Gallery, Little Rock, AR
2014
Come As You Are
Mugs Cafe, North Little Rock, AR
2013
Ovolution: Pop-Up Art Exhibition
North Little Rock, AR
2013
Ovolution: Heart of the Land
Kansas city, MI
2012
University of Arkansas BFA Art Exhibition
University of Arkansas at little Rock, Little Rock, AR
2011
Arkansas Printmaking Collective inaugural Member Exhibition
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
2011
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Student Competitive
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
2010
Arkansas Community Arts Cooperation: Elements
Little Rock, AR
2010
Arkansas Community Arts Cooperation: Six Threads, Fashion Show
Little Rock, AR
2010
Sugarland Gallery Exhibition
Bentonville, AR
2010
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Student Competitive
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
2009
Exquisite Corpse
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR