Lillian Heredia’s work grapples with past experiences with religion, sustenance farming, and motherhood through the lens of her background in biology. She lives and works in Chicago, IL where her work has been shown at The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, SAIC Galleries, Woman Made Gallery, The Martin, Purple Window, SITE Galleries, and Circle Contemporary. She received a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 2011 and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an emphasis in sculpture. Lillian is a recipient of the Presidential Merit Scholarship and has been a finalist in the Pinnacle Awards and the Documentary Family Awards. Her work is currently featured on Comfort Station’s Artist to Watch series.