Solo exhibition by Gina Herrera
A Warrior's Heart
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
March 23 - April 26, 2024
Gina Herrera’s exhibition A Warrior’s Heart weaves together disparate elements, exploring the complexities of identity, environmental responsibility, and the impact of military service on the individual. Integrating robust materials with a nuanced touch of fragility and fluidity, Herrera ventures into uncharted territories, experimenting with mediums, including a revival of painting. Through each piece, she seek to confront the dissonance inherent in my dual role as a guardian of the earth and a participant in an institution whose values she came to question. This body of work reflects the challenges faced as a woman in a predominantly male environment, concealing fragility, vulnerability, and difference in a realm defined by force, control and conformity. Herrera explores what it means to hold Native American identity while serving in an organization historically linked to genocide and ongoing global impositions. This internal conflict surfaces through the portrayal of a warrior, symbolizing my yearning to shield Mother Earth from all the pervasive evils inflicted upon it.