09/04/2026
We're honored to feature Ana P. Lopez-Zurita, an artist born in Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca and raised in Omaha, Nebraska from the age of two. As the eldest first-generation Mexican American daughter, she learned early how to carry responsibility, silence, and resilience at the same time.
Her work comes from the tension of wanting to belong while refusing to erase where she comes from. Ceramics allows her to stay grounded its physicality, slowness, and its connection to Mexican tradition. She pairs this with playful, graphic elements that echo nostalgia, childhood, and familiarity.
What appears soft or sweet at first often holds discomfort beneath the surface. Ana intentionally uses beauty and humor to open conversations about immigration, machismo, gender roles, and the invisible labor placed on women. Nostalgia is her way in—it invites viewers to feel safe before asking them to sit with harder truths. She creates for those who feel caught between worlds, for those who were taught to stay quiet, and for those who are still learning how to take up space. Her work is an act of reclamation, a refusal to soften her truth, and a commitment to making space for stories like hers.
At the gallery, Ana will be displaying her collection “You’re On Your Own Kid” (YOYK), which encapsulates the multifaceted identity of being the eldest immigrant daughter through joy, sadness, fear, and nostalgia. Using a character to express her personal experiences and emotions through music and the struggles that come with that identity, the collection explores what it is like to grow into adulthood and navigate first milestones alone. Come experience her incredible ceramic and graphic works in person!
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