About the Print

"Since the early 1990s, the murders of young women known as "maquiladoras" (factory workers) have occurred in the border city of Juarez, Mexico with shocking regularity. Although the official number of murders is listed at about 800, it is suggested that the number could be as high as 1500 to 2000. Since the murders began, the Mexican government has been led by six different presidents. In that time no significant investigations have yielded any serious prosecutions of the perpetrators. Until the deaths of these young women become a priority for the Mexican authorities by finding and punishing the criminals responsible, this series will continue."  - Judithe Hernández

 About the Artist

Judithe Hernández is a revolutionary influence in the Chicano Art Movement and amongst the first Chicana artists to break through the mainstream museum barrier as a member of the celebrated Chicano artist collective Los Four.

In 1983, her career went national with a solo exhibition at the Cayman Gallery in New York making her the first Chicana to extend her artistic reach beyond the West coast. Hernandez's work was internationally recognized in 1989 with the first exhibition of Chicano art in Europe, Les Démon des Anges. In her 50-year career, she has established a significant record of exhibition and acquisition of her work by major public institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

In 2018, Hernández became the first American-born Latina to be honored with a solo exhibition and acquisition of her work by the Museum of Latin American Art. In March 2020, her artistic presence returned to downtown Los Angeles with the installation of her seven-story mural “La Nueva Reina de Los Angeles” at La Plaza Village, one block north of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument District.