Fuck You Know?

By William Camargo

Exhibition on View

September 23, 2025 - Jun 16, 2026

Exhibition Opening

October 14, 2025, 5-8 PM

Multiple lectures, symposia, events, and festivals will happen throughout the year.

Esperanza Concreta | Concrete Hope

The works that collide within Concrete Hope speak to the intricacies and complexities of belonging to a community of individuals united aesthetically by culture, transcending national boundaries. Concrete Hope features equal parts piñatas, abuelitas, cholos, tatuajes, virgencitas, mercados, rosarios, metates, petates, buganvilias, escapularios, veladoras, primas, primos, letreros, gente de nuestra comunidad, gallos, emblemas nacionales, ventanales, ladrillos, sobadores, pirámides, manteles, familia, y fotografías.

Concrete Hope’s aesthetic axis is the celebration of all things Brown, Mexican-American, Nepantlera, Mestiza, Indigenous, Chicanx, Mexican-Irish, Afro-Mexicana, Chicano, Latine, Undocumented, Oaxaqueñe, Yaqui, Migrant, Guatemalan-Mexican, Salvadoran, Mexipino (Mexican-Filipino), Chapin, Immigrant, Undoc+, and Jaxican (Japanese-Mexican), et. al., which stands as a reflection of self-affirmation of the lived experiences of the complex brown community in Southern California. 

Concrete Hope brings together thirty-eight emergent photographers and lens-based artists from Southern California who explore an assortment of installation media as materiality for the photographic depictions.

Curated by Erika Hirugami, MA. MAAB. MPhil.


Featured photographers and lens-based artists

Hugo A Amarales

Monica Arreola

Isabel Avila

Jamil Baldwin

Deanna Barahona

William Camargo

Jackie Castillo

Damon Cazares

Aldo Cervantes

Nube Cruz

Amina Cruz

Raylene De La Torre

Humberto Flores

Devyn Galindo

Iris Huerta

Erick Iñiguez

Katherine Juarez

Fedella Lizeth

Alejandra Martinez

Arlene Mejorado

Yulissa Mendoza

Star Montana

Rodrigo Morales

Raylene B. Olalde

Diego Olivarez

Lizette Olivas

Aydinaneth Ortiz

Moe Pender Ramos

Ryan Perez

Antonio Perez

Felix Quintana

Alkaid Ramirez

Alexa Ramirez Posada

Michelle Salinas

Juan Valenzuela

Maria Villanueva

Patricia Zambrano

Amy Zapata