Bajitas y Suavecitas

Photograph of female lowriders from the exhibition.

Bajitas y Suavecitas

January 21 – March 15, 2025

Bajitas y Suavecitas is a groundbreaking exhibition celebrating women makers and leaders in lowrider culture. The exhibition highlights the complicated gender politics that structure and reflect the lives of women lowriders today through the work of contemporary artists and designers, which includes painting, photography, mixed media, and fashion. The exhibition artists’ works center the bodies of Chicanas/Latinas within lowrider culture and celebrate women-created spaces within lowrider communities which are anchored in self-love, empowerment, and unity.

Exhibition artists: Madeline Alvizo Ramirez, Gabriela Campos, Jessica Estrada Silva, Ashley Garcia, Elizabeth Loya, Veronica DeJesus, Amanda Lopez, Stefanie L. Murga, Onni, Cecelia Perez, Ayerim Sandoval, Irene Shiori, Vanessa Torrez, Jacqueline Valenzuela, Valerie Vargas, and El Pachuco Zoot Suit Shop.

Curated by Dr. Denise M. Sandoval, CSUN Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies.

Images: Exhibition title by artist Irene Shiori. Courtesy of the artist. | Amanda Lopez, Homegirls, 2008. Photographic archival pigment print, 26.5 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

Exhibition installation photography by Oscar Jimenez

Press Release (PDF)

Exhibition Text (PDF)