02/20/2026
Join us for the opening of Me Amo, a solo exhibition of works by Carina Yépez on Saturday, March 7th 12-4PM
If you could give someone in your life flowers, who would it be? Who would be honored? Whose lives are commemorated, and whose stories remain unseen?
Carina Yépez explores these questions through work that blends photography with textile traditions, reimagining photographs as tactile, layered pieces. In her solo exhibition Me Amo, Yépez exhibits a series of portrait quilts, celebrating her own family and the family of those in her community whose lives have been shaped by migration. Photos of flowers cultivated in her family’s gardens or those taken during her own travels form the backdrop of each portrait, creating an air of remembrance. Using appliqué and free-motion sewing, she draws with the sewing machine, allowing thread to trace and disrupt the portraits.
Carina Yepez (b.1985) is Chicago, Illinois, native with family roots in Guanajuato, Mexico. She is an educator and artist. She is passionate about exploring the traditions of matriarchy and the interconnected stories of Chicago im/migrants through quilting. By using sewing as her medium, she delves into the techniques of domesticity and expresses her community’s stories with a focus on healing ancestral trauma. Her work sparks conversations about the intersection of craft and fine art through sewing and appliqué layering, honoring her culture through floral motifs in her quilts and photographic weavings.
