Encounter
Daniel Fernandez
February 16 – March 13, 2026
SITE 280 Gallery
Contributing Artists
Daniel Fernandez
Exhibition Statement as Preserved in the SUGS/SITE Archives:
“Encounter, a solo exhibition by Daniel Fernandez, attends to the sensorial qualities and spatial structures of the Vaca and Mayacamas Mountain Ranges of Northern California, documenting the visual nuances experienced by Latin-American migrants, laborers, and descendants.”
Programs
February 21, 4:00-6:00 PM
280 Gallery
A Symposium: Transnational Labor Histories
March 06, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
SITE 280 Gallery
Program statement from the SUGs/SITE archive:
“Daniel Fernandez (BFA Photography), Hugo Amarales (MFA Photography), and Deanna Ledezma, PhD (Lecturer, Art History, Theory, and Criticism; Liberal Arts), will engage in a public conversation reflecting on the key themes of Fernandez’s solo exhibition, Encounter. The discussion will investigate photography’s role in conveying cross-border and transnational migrant experiences, with a focus on labor dynamics within Latine communities. Integrating artistic practice with critical scholarship, the panel will consider how visual strategies and narrative forms shape perceptions of migration and its intertwined social, economic, and cultural dimensions. Situated within the symposrnm Transnational Labor Histories, the conversation positions the exhibition within ongoing dialogues around representation, visibility, and the visual documentation of laborers and their descendants.“
