Nancypili Hernandez

Nancy "Pili" Hernandez (born 1980) is an American interdisciplinary artist and activist. Her art often portrays climate injustices, with a key topic being water pollution. Her artwork is intended to promote changes in climate policy, and spread awareness about climate change.

Biography Hernandez was born in Pittsburg, California, in 1980. Hernandez's early life was heavily influenced by the art that was around her, noting she believed murals were a normal part of each city. Hernandez taught art classes at the June Jordan School for Equity from 2006 to 2020. Hernandez was also a board member of the organization Youth Together from 2008 to 2016. The image is a red silhouette of North, Central, and South America on a white background, with the words “Indian Land” depicted in red block letters curving around the coast of the Pacific Ocean, spanning from Canada to Chile. The image was included in the exhibition Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. This collaboration of artists, students, and tenants of the houses culminated in the design and concept of the series, officially completed in January 2020. On September 8, 2018, Hernandez and several other muralists gathered together to paint a series of fifty different murals, with Hernandez credited with creating and designing several pieces in the project. The image is surrounded by the words “Trust Your Struggle” a common motto of Hernandez’s. The protest served to resist the recent inauguration of Donald Trump, who signed executive orders that delayed the implementation of at least thirty environmental rules, including freezing the new Environmental Protection Agency’s contracts and grant awards.