About

Nivia Hernandez (b.1990, Guatemala City, Guatemala) is a Brooklyn raised and based artist working in sculpture, photography and installation. She holds an MFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts and a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from CUNY CSI in New York.

Nivia’s work is driven by her desire to empower, uplift, and embrace the tenderness of lived experience. Through her choice of materiality, found objects, and color, her sculptures—whether hanging on the wall or standing firmly on the ground—function as alchemical talismans or sacred charm objects, each deeply rooted in spirituality, a sense of protection, and the honoring of past generations. 

Her use of undervalued domestic household objects, such as sponges, steel wool, produce bag netting, and photographs from her personal archive documenting her trips to Guatemala, expresses and reflects on her imagination of care and resilience.