Tanya Flores Hodgson is an artist based in Los Angeles. She was born in Masaya Nicaragua and immigrated to the United States at a young age. She holds a Bachelor’s in Fine Art Photography and a minor in Latin American Studies from California State University Long Beach. Her work focuses on Central American identity, immigration, feminism, social movements and the impact of U.S. imperialism/colonialism on Latin American politics, specifically Nicaragua, through a feminist decolonial lens. She mainly works with photography, video, text and vector illustration. A prevalent theme in her work is the impacts of U.S imperialism, immigration and patriarchal systemic oppression on her life and her body through the use of self-portraiture.
