Transgenico Installation at Oakland Museum of California – Calli: Art of the Xicanx Peoples Transgénico is a commentary on the appropriation of Indigenous aesthetics in popular culture and on the similarities I see with genetically modified corn. I understand... 
Ancestors in Prayer This installation began as a site specific project on Nisenan land working with Shelly Covert, the spokesperson for the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe. After visiting their land I reached out to Shelly, asking her about her peoples history... 
Heart of Deer (the life force of our pueblos) Collaboration Installation at MACLA Chicana/o Biennal Melanie Cervantes, Jesus Barraza, & Celia Herrera Rodriguez Artist Statement There is a connection between making our relatives visible, specifically as the... 
Untitled/Sin Título Installation by Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes Oakland Museum, 2015 This ofrenda is dedicated to our Queer relatives who have passed on. Our intention is to remember them and center the life that was lived in secret and is still unspoken. Each... 
Looking Back Seeing Forward Artist Statement Using screen prints, art workshops, installations and gatherings my work deals the contemporary realities of people who are building a transformative social justice movement while recovering from the distress of a... 