
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

Antonio Pérez

Arlene Mejorado

Monica Arreola


Juan Manuel Valenzuela

Felix Quintana

Patricia Zambrano

Devyn Galindo

Aydinaneth Ortiz