Venue: Root Division
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Saturday, June 13, 2026
Opening Reception 4-7 PM
Root Division Open Studios 4 PM
MAIN GALLERY
MACHISMOSA
Curated by Aleo Landeta
In the tradition of chisme as lore, Machismosa examines how machismo is learned, whispered, and passed down. This exhibition dismantles it through the same radical storytelling that built it, bringing together eleven Latine artists whose multimedia practices unravel machismo's rigidity and reimagine it as fluid, intimate, and communal. Rather than treating machismo as an inescapable mold, these artists deconstruct and reclaim it into something livable. Working across textile, ceramics, painting, and sculpture, they center the body, domesticity, and ancestral memory as sites of resistance, where kitchen-table whispers become revolution. The opening reception will be animated by live performances from drag royalty Soy Papi Churo and Xochitl, bringing Machismosa's themes off the walls and into the room.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Angel A. Anjos
Erica Jasmin Cañas
Tatti Carvalho
Luka Fernandez
Alexander Hernandez
dani lopez
Humberto Maldonado
Daniel Arthur Mendoza
Jose Angel Nazabal
Itzel Rios-Ellis
Angela Zamora
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Opening Reception: Recollection/ Recolección
by Tony Romero
Organized by Kristina Singleton
Saturday, June 13, 2026
5:00 PM–7:00 PM
Frank-Ratchye Project Space, Root Division, 1131 Mission St., SF
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The Frank Ratchye Project Space is pleased to present Recollection/ Recolección, a solo exhibition by Root Division Studio Artist Brian Anthony López Romero (yNoT).
In this new body of work, Recollection/ Recolección brings together a collection of memories, familiar narratives, and personal histories, revealing what it means to reconnect with cultural heritage while navigating the weight of remembrance and displacement. Through multimedia installations–including ceramic, and glass fused decals, graphite drawings, and paintings– the work draws from archival photographs, traditional artesanías, and deep emotional gestures. Together, these pieces create a narrative grounded in heartbreak and grief, nostalgia and peace, offering a personal interpretation of displacement and separation from the artist’s home in Guadalajara.
Lopez Romero addresses broader social realities surrounding migration and identity, responding to the ways immigrant communities are misrepresented, targeted, and dehumanized within the political landscape of today. Addressing the brutal separations of families and the detaining of targeted immigrants within Latin communities, visual motifs throughout the exhibition become a point to recognize and confront what is happening. At its core, the work insists on visibility and humanity of the lived experiences and collective histories sustained throughout it all.