In the Shadow of the Border offers a powerful, resonant look at the human consequences of movement, division, and the hope — and heartbreak — that borders embody. On view from January 15 to March 22, 2026, the exhibition brings together the voices of three contemporary artists — Monica Lozano, Elizabeth Piñeda and Griselda San Martin — each bearing witness to lives shaped by physical and political boundaries.
Monica Lozano’s work confronts the moment of transition: when “home” becomes a fragile memory and people step into an uncertain in-between. Her images trace the precarious journeys of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers — individuals navigating deserts, checkpoints, and uncertain terrain — exploring how displacement reshapes identity, erases certainty, and tests collective humanity. Through meticulous composition and empathy, Lozano captures courage and vulnerability in equal measure, framing each crossing as both rupture and encounter.
Elizabeth Piñeda’s series Sin Nombre en Esta Tierra Sagrada turns the Arizona borderlands into a testament of loss and remembrance. Her work honors the thousands who perished trying to cross, those whose names were never written down, whose stories remain unfinished. In deserts of light and silence, Piñeda creates a sanctified space of memory — a quiet act of mourning, respect, and acknowledgment for the lives erased by borders.
Griselda San Martin’s contribution, notably her video piece The Other Side, documents the fragile rituals of connection made possible only at points like Friendship Park — rare places where families separated by policy and geography attempt brief reunion. Through the steel mesh of the fence they whisper, touch fingertips, exchange glances: human affection mediated by metal and distance. The piece captures longing, resilience, and the painful beauty of love constrained by lines on a map.
Together, the works in In the Shadow of the Border paint the border not as a static line, but as a living terrain shaped by memory, pain, hope, and survival. They challenge us to look beyond politics and policies — to confront the faces and stories that animate these borderlands. In these images, borders become landscapes of human endurance, empathy, and the relentless search for belonging.
Image: Form 'The Other Side' video, 2016 © Griselda San Martin
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