E. Salvador Hernandez

eshcetera (ehh-shh-set-urr-ahh) is the creative platform of California-based artist, curator, and educator E. Salvador Hernandez. Through diverse curatorial and art-making practices, Hernandez works in illustration, storyboarding, printmaking, painting, sculpture, and handcrafted objects, focusing on gender identity, BIPOC representation, and Queer-centric histories.

A recipient of a 2016 National Queer Arts Festival grant through the Queer Cultural Center, Hernandez launched KUMALICIOUS, an exhibition celebrating Queer bigger-bodied men of color inspired by Queer Japanese manga.

Hernandez’s experience includes internships with the Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship and Los Angeles County Arts Commission Internship and work with institutions such as the California Youth Theatre and the Pasadena Museum of California Art. They co-founded the LGBT Artist Collective at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), which offers Queer-themed artist showcases, social events, and peer-led workshops. Hernandez graduated from CSULB with degrees in Art Education and Fine Arts in Printmaking.

In 2014, Hernandez organized the Queer Art Expo at LA's Rough Trade Leather & Gear, featuring Queer artists and supporting the Tom of Finland Foundation. In 2017, KUMALICIOUS debuted as a virtual exhibit.

Currently, Hernandez’s QueerMaleFigureDraw (#QMFD) collaborates with Mancrush Mondays (#MCM) for in-person drawing sessions in the San Francisco Bay Area. These sessions, launched in LA through the Queer Art Collective (QuAC), invite Queer-identified artists and allies to create together.