Fogo Island Arts presents When eyes come down from the hills, a new exhibition from Miguel Fernández de Castro, at the Fogo Island Gallery from April 3 - October 31, 2026.

Please join us for the opening celebrations on April 2:

Miguel Fernández de Castro in conversation with Fogo Island Arts Director Kitty Scott: 5 - 5:45 PM | Fogo Island Cinema

Opening Reception: 5:45 - 7 PM | Fogo Island Gallery

Miguel Fernández de Castro is a visual artist. Working across photography, video, sculpture, and writing, his practice addresses how ecological and violent regimes intertwine in the production of space and memory. His work has been presented at venues such as the Shanghai Biennale, Museo Tamayo, Museo Jumex, Museo MARCO, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, Storefront for Art & Architecture, Ballroom Marfa, Whitechapel Gallery, Frac Centre –Val de Loire, Ashkal Alwan, among others. He was a fellow of the FONCA Young Creators program in 2012 and 2019. He was a member of the National System of Art Creators of Mexico. Based in the Sonora–Arizona borderlands, he is co-director of Altar Research Center.

This exhibition on Fogo Island unifies two distinct landscapes through an understanding of geographic specificity and lived crises that can be revealed and recognized through art.

Learn more: https://www.fogoislandarts.ca/exhibitions/when-eyes-come-down-from-the-hills/