Carina Yepez (b.1985)
A Chicago, Illinois, native with family roots in Guanajuato, Mexico. She is an educator and artist. She is passionate about exploring the traditions of matriarchy and the interconnected stories of Chicago immigrants through quilting. By using sewing as her medium, she delves into the techniques of domesticity and expresses her family's stories with a focus on healing ancestral trauma. Her work sparks conversations about the intersection of craft and fine art through sewing and appliqué layering, honoring her culture through floral motifs in her quilts and photographic weavings.
Yepez has presented in group exhibitions at The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (2025); The Oh Art Foundation, Chicago (2025), Zhou B Brothers Art Center, Chicago, (2025); Mexican Cultural Center, DuPage, IL (2025); Circle Contemporary, Chicago, IL (2024) the National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL (2024); Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL (2024); Dom Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria (2024); National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL (2023); Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL (2023); Beverly Shore Museum and Depot, Beverly Shore, IN (2023); Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL (2023); Gallery 19 & Pilsen Arts & Community House; Chicago, IL (2021); National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL (2021); Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago, IL (2021); Arts of Life’s Circle Contemporary; Chicago, IL, (2021); Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum; La Conner, WA (2021)
Yepez curatorial work includes Puntadas del Alma: Told through Quilts at the National Museum of Mexican Art, (2025)
Publications
In the Spirit of Friendship
Schwanberg, Johanna, and Klaus Speidel, eds. In the Spirit of Friendship (In aller Freundschaft). Vienna: Dom Museum Wien, 2024.
On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival
Watt, Melinda, ed. On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival. Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago by Yale University Press, 2025.
