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Eva Aguila: The Foundation of the Harvest / El Cimiento de la Cosecha explores the continued impact of the United States’ dependence on Mexican migrant labor, using an intimate installation inclusive of domestic objects, vintage family photographs, archival materials, and video testimony to trace a direct line from the mid-20th century Bracero Program to today's H-2A visa system. The exhibition honors the resilience of Aguila’s family, who transformed harsh working conditions into generational wealth, and the activism of organizers like Aguila’s uncle Jorge Campos Aguiñiga who fought for laborers' rights.
2026 Summer Exhibition Season
Lancaster Museum of Art & History
Top banner: Eva Aguila, Building Home, 2023/26, site-specific installation. Courtesy of the Artist.
About the Artist
Eva Aguila
Eva Aguila (b. 1983, Los Angeles, California) is a Mexican American interdisciplinary artist working in video, sound, and installation. Born in Los Angeles as a first-generation American, Aguila centers her practice on oral histories of the Mexican diaspora, particularly drawing from her ancestral communities in rural Michoacán. Her research-driven work engages with personal archives and the materiality of memory, examining the complexities of the Latiné experience. Aguila holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from the Roski School of Art and Design at the University of Southern California. Recent exhibitions and performances include the Vincent Price Art Museum (2025), SUR:biennial (2023), and CURRENT:LA FOOD (2019), with additional presentations in Mexico, Europe, Asia, and Australia.