Commissions

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DAT BLACK MERMAID MAN LADY

In 2016, award-winning Playwright Sharon Bridgforth commissioned me to create an oracle deck illustrating the fierce, magical characters of her play dat Black Mermaid Man Lady. It was a complete honor to be welcomed into the beautiful world of Sharon and dem. To learn more about the play and to order a deck visit http://www.datblackmermaidmanlady.com/about

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Pedro Albizu Campos, 2008. Mixed media on canvas, 24" x 18". Commissioned by legendary DJ Bobbito Garcia.
Arturo Schomburg & the Diaspora 1998. Graphite on paper, 10" x 8" This image was commissioned for the Arturo Schomburg symposium in Philadelphia, that year focused on spirituality in the Diaspora. The image takes Afro Boricua Black Studies hero and p
Bomba y plena de la Playa al Batey. Commissioned by El Diario la Prensa for a Puerto Rican heritage month celebration, this work takes the coastal African traditions of Puerto Rico and places them in the indigenous community center, the batey, connec
Anti Imperialism 2008, Yasmin Hernandez. 5 panel series commemorating 40 years of student activism at Columbia University commissioned by Columbia's Intercultural Resource Center. Anti-Imperialism, Acrylic and collage on canvas, 36" x 24".
Un Fuerte Abrazo 2008. Acrylic, collage on watercolor paper. Commissioned by the Funders for Gay and Lesbian Issues, New York, NY
Audre Lorde, detail. 2008. Yasmin Hernandez. Commissioned by the Edmonia Lewis Center for Women and Transgendered People, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. Acrylic on canvas, 8' x 8'. Mothers of the motherless envisions various women, queer and trans
Eshu Aye. 2012. Yasmin Hernandez. Mixed media on paper, 33" x 22". Created as the poster image for the Puerto Rican Studies Association 20th anniversary conference. The image borrows the seashell from the indigenous fotuto and the Yoruba Eshu Aye to
Commissioned by the Edmonia Lewis Center for Women and Transgendered People, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. Mothers of the Motherless, 2008. Yasmin Hernandez. Acrylic on canvas, 8' x 8'. Mothers of the motherless envisions various women, queer and
Rhymes for Treason, 2005. Commissioned by the New York City based Spoken Word/ Hip Hop group The Welfare Poets as the cover for their album Rhymes for Treason. The image of Albizu Campos screaming speaks to the freedom of speech, in particular in th
Portrait of Malcolm X commissioned by the New York City based Spoken Word/ Hip Hop group The Welfare Poets as the back cover for their album Rhymes for Treason.
2003 Acrylic on Watercolor Yemaya y Ochun, 2003. 15" x 11" Collection of Liliana Polo Commissioned by El Diario/ La Prensa for their 2003 Women's Month Distinguished Latinas celebration. I was selected as an honoree the following year, 2004. This
One Love, 2005. Acrylic, collage on watercolor paper. Commissioned by the Funders for Gay and Lesbian Issues, New York, NY
Play at your own risk. 2005. Yasmin Hernandez. Mixed media on paper, approx 32" x 27". Commissioned for On My Block, by Children's Book Press. This publication compiles the art and words of 15 artists reminiscing on what it was to grow up on "their b
Safe Spaces, 2008. Yasmin Hernandez. 5 panel series commemorating 40 years of student activism at Columbia University commissioned by Columbia's Intercultural Resource Center. Safe Spaces, Acrylic and collage on canvas, 36" x 24".
Gym Crow, 2008. Yasmin Hernandez. 5 panel series commemorating 40 years of student activism at Columbia University commissioned by Columbia's Intercultural Resource Center. Gym Crow, Acrylic and collage on canvas, 36" x 24".
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