ABOUT
BIO
hijadelacoca* is a Peruvian visual artist holding a Bachelor’s degree in Fine and Visual Arts, with a specialization in Textile Conservation and Restoration from the National Autonomous University of Fine Arts of Peru.
She has received grants and participated in artist residencies such as Women Sustain the Pandemic (BicaPlataforma, Brazil, 2022) and FAR Residency (Argentina, 2025). Her work has been exhibited nationally in galleries such as Fisura and Cholo Terco, and internationally in exhibitions including MyLoveisYourLove at the Everywoman Biennial (London, 2021) and Entre el pretexto y el post texto at Arte Actual FLACSO (Ecuador, 2024). Her work has also been featured on platforms such as Best of PhotoVogue (Italy, 2022), MAMI —Musea by Coding Rights— (USA, 2019), and (In)justice Reproductive at MSH Paris Nord (France, 2024). She was a finalist for the National Contemporary Art Prize of the Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (ICPNA), exhibited at Espacio ICPNA San Miguel (Peru, 2025).
Her practice also includes facilitating workshops and developing collective processes in Peru and abroad. Since 2018, she has worked as a feminist activist and performance organizer in public spaces as part of the collective Collera Red, seeking to generate political impact and promote denunciation as a driver of social change in Peruvian society.
hijadelacoca* is a Peruvian visual artist holding a Bachelor’s degree in Fine and Visual Arts, with a specialization in Textile Conservation and Restoration from the National Autonomous University of Fine Arts of Peru.
She has received grants and participated in artist residencies such as Women Sustain the Pandemic (BicaPlataforma, Brazil, 2022) and FAR Residency (Argentina, 2025). Her work has been exhibited nationally in galleries such as Fisura and Cholo Terco, and internationally in exhibitions including MyLoveisYourLove at the Everywoman Biennial (London, 2021) and Entre el pretexto y el post texto at Arte Actual FLACSO (Ecuador, 2024). Her work has also been featured on platforms such as Best of PhotoVogue (Italy, 2022), MAMI —Musea by Coding Rights— (USA, 2019), and (In)justice Reproductive at MSH Paris Nord (France, 2024). She was a finalist for the National Contemporary Art Prize of the Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (ICPNA), exhibited at Espacio ICPNA San Miguel (Peru, 2025).
Her practice also includes facilitating workshops and developing collective processes in Peru and abroad. Since 2018, she has worked as a feminist activist and performance organizer in public spaces as part of the collective Collera Red, seeking to generate political impact and promote denunciation as a driver of social change in Peruvian society.
STATEMENT
I’m María Lucianna Aguilar (hijadelacoca*), a Peruvian artist. My practice moves between textile (fiber) processes, drawing, and archival research, examining how bodies are read, classified, and made visible through institutional systems.
Working from fiber as a primary matter, I draw with thread onto fabric.. wrapping, layering, and constructing forms. This material understanding allows me to transform everyday objects, especially those tied to domestic space, activating their affective and political charge. I approach medical imaging (MRIs, X-rays, sonograms) and daily visualities as unstable archives. Through stitching and repetition, I translate them into tactile forms that interrupt their apparent objectivity and reintroduce proximity, care, and ambiguity.
Across my work, textile operates as a method of interference to re-humanize bodies and foreground what remains unreadable or unresolved, opening socio-cultural and political questions through material practice.
I’m María Lucianna Aguilar (hijadelacoca*), a Peruvian artist. My practice moves between textile (fiber) processes, drawing, and archival research, examining how bodies are read, classified, and made visible through institutional systems.
Working from fiber as a primary matter, I draw with thread onto fabric.. wrapping, layering, and constructing forms. This material understanding allows me to transform everyday objects, especially those tied to domestic space, activating their affective and political charge. I approach medical imaging (MRIs, X-rays, sonograms) and daily visualities as unstable archives. Through stitching and repetition, I translate them into tactile forms that interrupt their apparent objectivity and reintroduce proximity, care, and ambiguity.
Across my work, textile operates as a method of interference to re-humanize bodies and foreground what remains unreadable or unresolved, opening socio-cultural and political questions through material practice.