La Frontera / The Border — Ricardo Santos Hernández speaks at the opening of the exhibition at Studio One Gallery for Art and Activism, Tucson, Arizona, 2019. Pictured with the late brothers and fellow artists Donny Preston (San Javier Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation) and Paco Anzueto (Nogales, Sonora). A gathering of voices from both sides of the border, united by art, memory, and resistance. — Ricardo Santos HernándezWe Are Not Animals — Salvador Jiménez Flores, Ricardo Santos Hernández, and Gabriel Villa at the ChingARTE exhibition, Christopher Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL. March 17 – April 14, 2026. The three Poets of Defiance together in front of Salvador's iconic work — a hide bearing the declaration that has defined their collective voice. Curated by Javier Chavira. — Ricardo Santos HernándezChristopher Gallery, ChingARTE — Rob Moore, the Chicago Blues Man, contemplates Ricardo's paintings at the Christopher Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL. The large-scale mixed media works — sculptures and paintings in dialogue — fill the gallery walls. A quiet moment of connection between a musician and the visual world of resistance and identity. — Ricardo Santos HernándezEcho of Resistance — A guest pauses before Ricardo's Healing Plants paintings at Hoof Print Chicago. The large-scale canvases — spheres reflecting bees, wildflowers, and the quiet persistence of the natural world against industrial violence — fill the gallery wall. A still moment of contemplation in the middle of the exhibition. Photography by Fugi Almanza. — Ricardo Santos HernándezEcho of Resistance — Chicago poet Carlos Cumpian and Chicago artist and musician Francis in conversation at Ricardo's exhibition Echo of Resistance, Hoof Print Chicago. The Healing Plants paintings — spheres reflecting bees, wildflowers, and coneflowers — fill the gallery wall behind them. Photography by Fugi Almanza. — Ricardo Santos Hernández
