Meet a Member: Fireside Chat with Jessica Elena Aquino

March 12, 2025

Join WARP for our March Fireside Chat with Jessica Elena Aquino! During our monthly Meet a Member program, we get to know a different WARP member each month.

Jessica Elena Aquino is a first-generation Chicanx multidisciplinary artist from Santa Ana, CA, whose practice spans fiber, sculpture, and printmaking. She reimagines found objects, family photographs, and cultural artifacts—such as cornhusks—into personal relics and mementos, exploring themes of migration,
memory, and connection to the land. Aquino holds a B.A. from Colgate University and an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Creative Alliance, and Anna Zorina Gallery in NYC. She has participated in residencies at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Chautauqua School of Art, and Santa Fe Art Institute, with an upcoming residency at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith in Spring 2025. A recipient of the Murray Dessner Travel Grant, Aquino studied natural dyeing and weaving with the Zapotec community in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico. Her work is included in the collections of Carnegie Mellon University and Washington University. In addition to her artistic practice, Aquino has a background in horticulture and education, working with institutions such as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. Aquino is currently based in Brooklyn, NY.

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The video recording of this event is available to logged-in WARP members only.