"Ester's work is as strong as the indigenous people and women she portrays. She shows life with its passion and spirituality. Once seeing her work, the memory of it will remain with you forever. Ester is a master of communication through art and cuts to the quick, to the soul, to the Corazon, to the passion that touches us and helps us to understand the experiences of others - making them our own".
- Dolores Huerta
Ester Hernandez is a San Francisco based visual artist and graduate of UC Berkeley. She is best known for her depiction of Chicana/Latina women through pastels and prints. Her work reflects political, social, ecological and spiritual themes. She recently finished illustrating Sandra Cisneros' latest book, "Where is Marie", which is due to be released in the Fall of 2012.
She has had numerous solo and group shows throughout the U.S. and internationally. Among others, her work is included in the permanent collections of the National Museum of American Art – Smithsonian, Library of Congress, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of Mexican Art, and the Frida Kahlo Studio Museum in Mexico City. Stanford university acquired her artistic archives.