Jackie Amézquita (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, 1985) develops a multidisciplinary practice that grows out of a family history of diaspora, personal experiences as a formerly undocumented immigrant in the US, and the unweaving of our shared social memory. Amézquita holds an AA in Visual Communications from LAVC, a BFA from ArtCenter College of Design, and a MFA from UCLA. Amézquita has exhibited with The Hammer Museum, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) CA, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) CA, 18th St Art Center CA, The Armory Center of the Arts CA, Vincent Price Art Museum CA, The Annenberg Space for Photography CA, Human Resources Los Angeles CA, MAD New York, amongst others. She is the recipient of the Mohn Land Award (2023), Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts Los Angeles Art Fund (2022), and National Performance Network Fund (2022). She migrated to the US in 2003. She lives and works in Los Angeles (the unceded land of the Tongva people).