Gabriela Alemán was born in 1995, in San Francisco’s Mission District. She is a 26 years old Salvadoran-Nicaraguan woman. Aleman is a self taught illustrator, visual artist, writer, community organizer, and activist known for highlighting Latinx subjects and iconography. Furthermore, she does illustration part-time and creates prints for websites and social media. In being a self taught artist, she was able to experiment with different means in exploring her own experiences as a first-generation, queer, Central American immigrant child. Her ambition is to bring out her culture throughout her community and bring visibility to the Central American diaspora. In addition to being an artist she is a founder of both the Mission Meal Coalition and La Offend located in San Francisco. Both of these platforms are used to help food insecurity among the San Francisco community. You can find more information about Gabriela Aleman and her work in articles, podcasts, and community activist organizations.
Career and Major Works
Some of her work includes a print from her collection titled El Tecolote (2019) This image was used as the cover of El Tecolote’s vol. 49 No. 08 issueCite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).
Another print by Aleman print is in the collection titled The Mujersita (2021Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).). In this collection of the Latina/x Equal Pay Day print you can see a dollar in the background and a woman's hand over the dollar depicting that for every dollar a man earns a woman earns severely less. The message behind this print brings up gender issues involving pay
To add on another work is titled Managua Furiosa (2019Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).) In these prints she collaborated with Managua Furiosa in highlighting 8 inspiring Latin American women and their stories for Women’s History Month. This project was used in the form of activism to bring awareness to strong and powerful Latinx women.
Conclusion
Gabriela Alemán brings social issues into her art as another platform to bring awareness to these issues. You can find more information about Gabriela Alemán and her work on her website, articles, podcasts, and community activist organizations.
References
edit| This user is a student editor in University_of_California,_Los_Angeles/Chicana_Latina_Art_and_Artists_(Fall_2022). |
 | This user is a student editor in University_of_California,_Los_Angeles/Chicana_Latina_Art_and_Artists_(Fall_2022). |