Patricia M. Hernández on Fractal Nature, the 2021 A.I.R. National Members Exhibition

Friday, June 25, 2021 at 6:30 PM ET via Zoom

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Please join us in celebrating the 2021 A.I.R. National Members Exhibition Fractal Nature, curated by Patricia M. Hernández and featuring the work of National Members Hend Al-Mansour, d’Ann de Simone, Robin Dintiman, Kathryn Hart, Marlana Stoddard Hayes, Jody Joldersma, Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann, Jennifer McCandless, Carola Miles, Mimi Oritsky, Simone Paterson, Allison Paschke, Martha Sedgwick, Ann Stoddard, Vicky Tomayko, Ellyn Weiss, Holly Wong, Joo Yeon Woo, and Alice Pixley Young.

In this curator’s talk, Hernández will discuss her exhibition, the National Members’ artworks, and the lessons to be learned from nature’s fractal forms, from the roots of trees to the synapses of the brain. Looking to adrienne maree brown’s writings on fractals, Hernández situates the 2021 National Members Exhibition as a fractal occurrence, a platform for dialogue and exchange which makes visible small gestures that when grouped together articulate a different future.

Patricia Margarita Hernández is a curator and researcher based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work, which is often grounded in collaboration, focuses on the intersections of design, climate change, and feminist theory. Recently, she was an assistant curator at Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY. Hernández also held the position of Associate Director at A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Collaborative projects include Alliance of the Southern Triangle (A.S.T.), a platform for artists and architects focused on speculative urbanism and climate change. She has organized exhibitions, public programs, and projects at A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Dia Art Foundation, Beacon, New York; the Pérez Art Museum Miami; P!, New York, NY; and the Sharjah Biennial 13, UAE; among others; and online as part of Strelka Magazine and Institute, Moscow, RUS; SFMOMA's Open Space, San Francisco, CA; Art Papers, Atlanta, GA; and The Miami Rail. Hernández holds a master’s degree from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.