Now open, at the Palm Springs Art Museum, Guadalupe Rosales | Tzahualli: Mi memoria en tu reflejo invites audiences into an evocative reflection on memory, community, and cultural reclamation.
Los Angeles-based artist and archivist Guadalupe Rosales is widely recognized for her groundbreaking work preserving and reimagining the overlooked histories of Chicano youth in 1990s Los Angeles. With Tzahualli—a Nahuatl word meaning “something hidden or wrapped”—Rosales weaves together personal and collective memory using photography, sculpture, sound, video, and a powerful archive of flyers, snapshots, and ephemera.
At the heart of this exhibition is a commitment to visibility and truth-telling. In an era when mainstream narratives criminalized and marginalized Brown youth, Rosales challenges those narratives by presenting a layered, hybrid account—one that embraces queerness, multiplicity, and non-linearity. “I am not the gatekeeper,” she says. “But a part of the community and history. I am learning from it too.”
Guadalupe Rosales | Tzahualli: Mi memoria en tu reflejo
Where: Palm Springs Art Museum
When: March 29 – August 31, 2025