Sandra Fernandez

prints Cruzado (Settled in) Etching on copper, photopolymer gravure, blind embossment, chine cole and thread drawings. 21″ x 27″ 2015 Settled In speaks to what comes after the crossing — the quiet, complicated act of staying. The river is behind. The figure is gone. What remains are traces: language, memory, the weight of survival. Sewn […]

prints We…the Gente Digital print, silkscreen and thread drawing. 15″ x 22″ 2014 There are an estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., many of them families with children. This work speaks to the heartbreak of separation — a reality that’s only worsened in 2025, as new immigration laws expand deportations and strip

Prints Sam Z. Coronado: maestro, líder, promotor y querido amigo. Sam Z. Coronado: teacher, leader, promotor and dear friend Silkscreen, blind embossment and thread drawings 30″ x 22″ 2017 This work honors Sam Z. Coronado—master printmaker, visionary leader, tireless promoter of others, and a dear friend. As founder of The SERIE Project in Austin, Sam

prints Flores para la tumba de un inmigrante Etching (copper and polymer), chine collé and thread drawings11″ x 15″ 2014 This print is a reflection on those who perish crossing the border — lives lost in silence, their bodies never recovered, their names never spoken again. The faded flower evokes fragility and disappearance, a life

prints Mojándose (Cruzando) Intaglio, relief, blind embossment, chine collé and thread drawings.11″ x 22″2013 This print reflects on the border between Mexico and the U.S. — a place shaped by movement, memory, and silence. It quietly traces the journey of migration from south to north, where every mark carries longing. Fragments of 17th- and 18th-century

prints Caution: Dreamers in/on sight Serigraphy, Chine Collé and Thread Drawings22″ x 30″2013 This print reflects on migration from the Global South and the uncertain futures of the Dreamers — young people brought to the U.S. as children. Named after the Dream Act, which aimed to provide them with a path to residency, their status

Prints And all it was found were a key chain, a watch next to some bones Etching, thread drawings and found objects11″ x 15″2013 This work talks about migration to the United States specifically from south of the border. Head of households have been deported to their native countries after having made their livelihoods in