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Queer Ancestors Project
2026 Resists Artists

featuring prints by emerging Queer & Trans artists:

alexandra, amal (hope), Erynn Lynn Ruiz, Jess Shen, JoJo,

Kieran Trần, Oacchoné Pierrot, Sanya, Sierra, Sydney Nemetz

with Creative Director, Katie Gilmartin

Select an artist from the list below to scroll directly to their work

Click any print for a statement written by the artist

Erynn Lynn Ruiz

Oacchoné Pierrot

alexandra

A 3x3 grid of square images with text below each which reads as “The Hidden River Of Our Hearts Lives On.” From left to right, the images are of the water, grass, water and grass, mountains, a full moon, a river flowing through mountains, a river, a river and grass, and Venus fly traps.

A Lesbian Creation Story

amal (hope)

Large occupation wall with center cut out showing olive groves and poppy flowers

This Wall Will Fall

Erynn Lynn Ruiz

Young woman leaning again window seal of Adinkra symbols

I'm Looking Forward To A Love Letter From A Girl That Dared To Dream.

Jess Shen

In the center of the image, a watering can with the words “hope is a discipline” written across it is being used to water a garden. Barbed wire lies under the soil, but blooming from the soil are poppies and pepper plants.

Hope is a Discipline

JoJo

Muni bus going up a hill with The Painted Ladies in the background. The text on top reads “Support Our Community” and the text at the bottom of the prints says “Support Transit.”

Support Public Transit

Kieran Trần

textured text saying "girl dick" on top of text saying "boy pussy"

girl/boy song

Oacchoné Pierrot

Naked body with breasts, surrounded by patterns on both sides. Patterns depict the electromagnetic spectrum, along with traditional West African patterns..

Vessel

Sanya

The sun beaming down on farmworkers in unions Samyukt Kisan March and United Farm Workers. They are standing proudly next to the crops they cultivated.

Respect to our Farmworkers

Sierra

"destroy ice" written in gothic lettering, surrounded by a ring of objects: bolt cutters, a radio, a cell phone, a spray can, a whistle, a first aid kit, binoculars, and a gas mask.

Destroy ICE

Sydney Nemetz

Hear Zoe talk about "Death, As In, I Love Who I am Becoming"!

Three men's faces gazing out surrounded by geometric border with banana leaves. Across the top and bottom is written "Hustisya para sa Lumad".

Hustisya para sa Lumad

Thank you!

The Queer Ancestors Project is devoted to forging sturdy relationships between LGBTQI people and our ancestors. Using history as a linchpin, we build community by providing Queer and Trans artists, age 18 to 26, free interdisciplinary workshops in printmaking, writing, and Queer history. Public exhibitions and readings of their work provide a window on the past through which the larger community can glimpse our collective future.

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