Uncommon Artist: Brianna Lynn Hernández Baurichter – Artist Talk

Join us for our 3rd Uncommon Artist of the 2025 season, Brianna Lynn Hernández Baurichter, for an Artist talk Sunday, March 2nd from 4-5pm in the Halyard main dining room followed by a tour of her studio.

Brianna L. Hernández (b. 1991) is a Chicana artist, curator, educator, and death doula guided by socially engaged practices. In the studio, she creates multi-media installations focused on end-of-life care, grief, and mourning rituals based on lived experience, cultural research, and collaborations with peers. In developing as an artist Brianna credits her late mother, Sylvia D. Hernández, as her most significant mentor and inspiration for the creativity, resilience, and compassion she demonstrated throughout her life. Hernández has participated in residencies at MacDowell, The Watermill Center, Santa Fe Art Institute, The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, SPACES, and Farwell House. She proudly serves as Director of Curation and Board Secretary of Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation. Additionally, she is the Board Treasurer at Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, and Committee Member for the Gente Chicana/SOYmos Chicanos Arts Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.

“During my time at Uncommon Art Residency, I would expand on my series titled, Aquí Descansamos, which began as a living cemetery composed of floral sculptures mirroring the shapes of common grave markers. In contrast to the somber, grey-stone visuals of conventional cemeteries, these alternate memorials highlight color, growth, decomposition, and renewal, offering a space to celebrate life’s vibrancy while acknowledging its temporary and ever-changing nature. Recent additions to the series incorporate burial vessels including caskets, urns, and shrouds, all similarly crafted from organic, ephemeral materials such as moss, soap, sand, seaweed, and beeswax.

Join us on Sunday to see her creations.