Retrospective coverage for October 17, 2026. First published October 26, 2026 06:07 -07:00 (Pacific time). This is an AI-assisted brief compiled from linked public source records; the coverage date is not the publication date.
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library set Oct. 17 as the first exhibition day for Sylvia Fernández’s Habitando, I Don’t Belong Here, We Belong Everywhere. The show at its La Jolla location was listed to run through Jan. 9, 2027, following an artist talk and reception scheduled for Oct. 16. Athenaeum exhibition account
Fernández built the work around two archives. One collects responses to seven questions from women of different ages around the world; colors named in those responses became part of the paintings’ palette. The second gathers photographs of the women’s shadows, which appear as silhouettes in the resulting work.
The institution’s description connects the artist’s birthplace, Lima, with her adopted home of San Diego. Local waterways, terrain, light, plants and animals enter reimagined landscapes, while migrating birds provide another image of movement and belonging.
Double-sided paintings extend that theme into the gallery’s physical arrangement.