Andrea Hidalgo

About

Andrea Hidalgo’s practice examines representations of love, lust, sex, pleasure, sexuality, gender, and power. Using scale, materials, objects, images, and cultural references, Hidalgo constructs environments that invite viewers to navigate what is suggested or implied. Familiar forms become layered with multiple meanings, encouraging reflection on how these subjects are shaped by social expectations and personal perception.

Andrea Hidalgo received an MFA from California Institute of the Arts in 2013 and a BA from University of California, Riverside in 2011. Recent exhibitions include Open Call: Apophenia at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (2024), curated by Nancy Meyers and Hugo Cervantes, as well as group exhibitions at Eastern Projects, POST, and Antena Gallery. Solo exhibitions include Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking? No, I’m Thinking What I’m Thinking (2013) and There’s A Million Ways To Go You Know That There Are (2012) at California Institute of the Arts.

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Education

MFA,     California Institute of the Arts
BA,        University of California Riverside

Exhibitions (^ indicates solo show)

2026              Heavy Metal, Los Angeles Municipal                                               Art Gallery, curated by LAMAG curator, Nancy                             Meyer and includes works by Kelly Akashi, Miya                           Ando, Barbara Berk, Amy Bessone, Tanya                                     Brodsky, Beatriz Cortez, Claire Chambless, Alika                           Cooper, Paige Emery, Katie Grinnan, Ting Ying                             Han, Andrea Hidalgo, Kelly Lamb, Abigail Lucien,                         Fay Ray, Brie Ruais, Carolyn Salas, Davina Semo,                         Kelly Wall, and Lisa Williamson.

2024              Open Call: Apophenia, Los Angeles Municipal                               Art Gallery, curated by Nancy Meyers and Hugo                           Cervantes
2018              ​ Still Figuring Out A Title: Bad Ideas, Failures &                              Lost Causes, Los Angeles, CA, curated by David                            Del Francia

                        Art About Fucking, Los Angeles, CA, curated by                            John Weston and Andrea Hidalgo

                       Power, Eastern Projects, Los Angeles, CA,

                        curated by Lizette Hernandez,

                        Magnolia Velazquez, & Diana Alvarado

2015               Skeptics and Slackers Presents The Bucket, Grice                         Bench, Los Angeles, CA
2014               Ghost Appendages, POST, Los Angeles, CA,                                   curated by Jessica Rath
2013               “How Many Feminists Does It Take To Change A                           Light Bulb?”, ……. “That’s Not Funny.”, Antena                                Gallery, Chicago, IL
                        Rare Treat, Otis College of Art and Design,                                     Culver City, CA
                        Subject Matters: CalArts MFA 2013 Graduate                               Exhibition, Mandarin Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
                        Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking? No I’m                                 Thinking What I’m Thinking, California Institute                           of the Arts, Valencia, CA  ^                 
2012               There’s A Million Ways To Go You Know That                                 There Are, California Institute of the Arts,                                     Valencia CA ^
                        This Is All We Have In Common, California                                     Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

                        Respect, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA-                                 collaborative video

                        Lingua Form, The Wont Collective Space, Long                             Beach, CA