ILEANA DOBLE HERNANDEZ
Mexican, lives and works in Boston, MA.

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Education

Rochester Institute of Technology, MFA in Photography and Related Media, (GPA 3.93)

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Post-Baccalaureate in Photography, 2013

Selected Exhibitions

2024

My Dear Americans, it's not enough, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, curated by Jessica Roscio

A Mexican woman in Gringoland, Griffin Museum of Photography, The Griffin Gallery, Winchester,  MA, curated by Crista Dix

Autumn 2024, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA, curated by Kristen Gresh

This is America III, The PEG Center for Art and Activism, Newbury MA, curated by Claudia Fiks, Paula Estey and Jamal Eversley

New Terrain 21st Century Landscape, Photography, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, curated by Nancy Burns 

Fire in the Basement, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA, curated by Rebecca Greene

Voices and Visions, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA, curated by  Lauren Szumita

2023

Animal Nature, Emerging Gallery, Boston City Hall, Boston, MA

Picturing the Constitution, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Katherine Gressel

#1 Family Attraction, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA (Two-person exhibition)

2022

Parallax Women's Photography Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Baltimore, MD, juried by Liz Faust

Peekskill Film Festival, Peekskill, NY juried by Nic Koller

In Plain Sight, Public Art Installation Ruth Wittenberg Triangle, New York, NY

Snapshot, Mills Gallery Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA

2020

Ministry of Truth: 1984 – 2020, Billboards Installation, New York, NY, curated by Barbara Pollack, Anne Verhallen, Jerome Lamaar, Larry Ossei-Mensah, Sophia Marisa Lucas & Carmen Hermo

Visible Voices, RIT City Art Space, Rochester, NY

We like small things, Filter Photo, Chicago, IL, curated by Roula Seikaly

2019

Photography & Politics, Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY, Curated by Stephanie Mercedes

Current Seen: Seeing Change, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY, Curated by Tate Shaw

Other News, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, New York (3-Person Show), Curated by Rick Wester

2018

Tipping Points, SPE Northeast Juried Exhibition, Palmer Gallery Vassar College, New Paltz, NY, Juried by Paul Mpagi Sepuya

The Family of No Man, Cosmos Rencontres d’Arles Festival, Arles, France, Curated by Brad Feuerhelm and Natasha Christia

2017

Habitat/ion 4th Biennial Juried Alumni Exhibition, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, Juried by Dina Deitsch

Animalia, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Juried by Arlette Kayafas

9Topics TRIAD, Arthill Gallery, London, UK, Juried by Amalia Caputo and Marina Font

2016

CICA Contemporary Photography Exhibition Summer/Fall 2016, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea

Fun House: Art of the Surreal, Fantastic and Bizarre, National Juried Competition, Barret Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, Juried by Eve Biddle

Raining Cats and Dogs, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO, Juried by Rebecca Cuscaden

Awards

2024 Sustaining Practice Grant, Collective Futures Fund, Boston, MA

2023 Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship Grant, Boston Arts and Business Council, Boston, MA

2019 Best in Show, Photography and Politics, Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY

2019 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, College of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

2018 – 2019 Theodore Chapman Memorial Graduate Scholarship, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

2018 Richard Stanley Award, College of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

2017 – 2018 Merit Scholarship MFA in Photography and Related Media, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

2016 First Prize at Fun House National Juried Competition, Barret Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

2014 Full Scholarship at Regional Arts Workshop in Providence, RI, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC)

Fellowships

2023 Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship, Boston Arts and Business Council, Boston, MA

2021 Leadership Institute, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC), San Antonio, TX

2020 Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Residencies

       Studio Residency, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, 2021 - 2024

Lectures and Artist Talks

My Dear Americans, it's not enough, Danfort Museum, Framingham, 2024

Artist led tour for MA Committee of National Museum of Women in the Arts, Framingham, 2024

Art & Community Panel  (Moderator), Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston, June 2023

Fire in the Basement, Artists Panel Discussion, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA, 2023

Aftermath Talkback with curator Katherine Gressel, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY, 2023

Art School Confidential ASC8, Masary Studios, Boston, MA, 2023

Practice, Place and Material, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, 2023

Community Conversations, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA, 2023

#1 Family Attraction Panel Discussion moderated by Curator Leah Triplett Harrington, 2023

Creating an Immigrant Aesthetic Artists Panel, Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah, 2022

Hello, My Name Is, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, September 30, 2021

Thesis Defense, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, April 8, 2019

Thesis Proposal, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, May 10, 2018

Artist Spotlight Talk, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA, July 31, 2016

Creative Photography, Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA, April 20, 2015

Creative Photography, Somerville Skill Share, Somerville, MA, March 2, 2014

Collections

Flower City Arts Center Artists Archive, Rochester, NY

Visual Studies Workshop Independent Press and Artist Book Collection, Rochester, NY

RIT Archives, Rochester, NY

CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea

Private Collections in New York, Rhode Island, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania & Texas