HIJADELACOCA
FIBER & VISUAL ARTIST / TEXTIL CONSERVATOR
1989/ Lima, Perú.
MarÃa Lucianna Aguilar, professionally known as hijadelacoca, is a young Peruvian artist based in East Lima. Her artistic practice combines drawing with a distinctive sewing technique, expressed through sculptures and textile graphics. These works serve as a critical response to sociopolitical issues, with a strong emphasis on exploring femininity. Her work stems from a deep commitment to memory, the body, and the denunciation of invisible forms of violence, challenging social and reproductive mandates. She uses thread and embroidery as tools for political reflection and healing, creating new bodily cartographies that move closer to autonomy and memory.
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BIO
hijadelacoca, is a Peruvian artist holding a Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts with a specialization in Textile Conservation and Restoration from the National Autonomous University of Fine Arts of Peru.
She has been awarded grants and participated in artist residencies such as Women Sustain the Pandemic > hijadelacoca, organized by BicaPlataforma (Brazil, 2022), and the FAR Residency (Argentina, 2025). Her work has been exhibited nationally in galleries like Fisura and Cholo Terco, and internationally in exhibitions including MyLoveisYourLove at the Everywoman Biennial (London, 2021) and Entre el pretexto y el post texto at Arte Actual Flacso (Ecuador, 2024).
Her photographic contributions have been featured on platforms such as Best of PhotoVogue (Italy, 2022), MAMI Museaby Coding Rights (USA, 2019), and (In)justice Reproductive (France, 2024). Her practice also includes facilitating workshops both in Peru and abroad. Since 2018, she has been working as a feminist activist and manager of performanes in public spaces within the collective Collera Red. Where she seeks to generate political impact and promote denunciation as an engine of social change in Peruvian society.
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For information on available work please contact: work@hijadelacoca.com
For workshops contact: workshops@hijadelacoca.com
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