Sean M. Guerra

September 1, 2023 thru

 November 3, 2023

Featured image: Tía Geneva: Hummingbird’s Return

About the exhibition

Hummingbird’s Return | Antepasados Conmigo

Using Mesoamerican and familial lineages to harken back to their cultural roots, Sean M. Guerra’s art serves as a healing journey. Hummingbirds are regarded as significant symbols in some cultures and are often believed to be reincarnations of ancestors. After the passing of their Aunt GG and Aunt Socorro, Sean and his family were visited by hummingbirds, whose arrival inspired him to honor the legacies of those loved ones.

Geneva Guerra was a lifelong caretaker who helped raise the artist and imparted wisdom in conversation daily, while Socorro Gonzalez was a singer whose music inspired the artist and reminded him where he came from.

The process of printmaking has served as a survival tool used to alchemize the pain and grief of loss into altars of commemoration. The wish is to remember and celebrate those who came before by bridging the gap between past and present in mind, body and spirit.

Sean M. Guerra‘s exhibition is on view from September 15 – November 3, 2023

About the artist

Sean Guerra (Chicanx) is a visual artist and paraeducator from the Central Valley living in Northern California. Art serves as a personal and healing process for them in recovering a spiritual connection to antepasados through a culturally relevant praxis inspired by Rasquachismo.

To learn more of their work please visit Instagram: @s_m_guerra

Artwork in the show

Small case

Tía Geneva: Hummingbird’s Return
Digital print
16” x 20”
2023
NFS

Big case, left to right
First three, clockwise

Máscara del Colibrí
Screenprint
12″ x 18″
2022
$50

Colibrí: Sunrise
Print
5″ x 8″
2022
$20

Colibrí: Antepasados
Linocut
8.5″ x 11″
2022
$30

Middle four, clockwise

Viva Posada
Screenprint
12″ x 18″
2022
$80

Ofrenda Mexica
Linocut
8.5″ x 11″
2023
$30

Colibrí: Sunset
Print
8″ x 5″
2023
$20

Ofrenda Mesoamericana
Linocut
8.5″ x 11″
2023
$30

Last two, left to right

Xochipilli
Screenprint
12″ x 18″
2022
$50

Tía Socorro: Sabor a Mi
Digital print
16″ x 20″
2022
NFS

The Ramp Gallery is an artist-driven exhibition space at SOMArts that is currently accepting applications for four-week long solo and group shows. An opportunity for entrepreneurial artists to ramp up their careers by exhibiting at one of San Francisco’s most dynamic hubs for art and community, the high-visibility location of The Ramp Gallery is adjacent to the main entrance of SOMArts and open to all local artists in the Bay Area. To learn more about the space please visit, The Ramp Gallery.