Plinio Hernandez

Plinio Hernandez is a graduate from UC Berkeley were he received his MFA in Art Practice, he also has a BFA in photography from Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles. While at UC Berkeley Plinio focused on his studio practice but also became interested in how contemporary social media tools affect politics, education and identity. At UCB he taught classes both in the New Media Department as well as Art Practice Department.

In addition, Plinio co-founded and ran Pueblo Nuevo Art Space in Berkeley for four years. Plinio was a resident teaching artist at Berkeley High School from 2011 thru 2015 as well as the Museum History Director at the Peralta Hacienda in Oakland. His experience at Peralta Hacienda and other cultural spaces within highly dense immigrant communities have given him a diverse tool set of skills specifically in dialoging, organizing, education and art.Currently, he is the Dean of Culture at Learning without Limits, a K-5 charter school.