Ernesto Cabral de Luna

Ernesto Cabral de Luna (@abrokeniris ) is a Mexican lens-based artist working with archival imagery and his own photographs to explore themes of diasporic identity, memory, absence and displacement. His work centers around altering perception through image manipulation, with a keen interest to challenge the notion of ownership over memories that are not one’s own. / Ernesto received his BFA in Photography from OCAD University in 2024, where he received the Barbara Astman Photography Award and Gallery44 Residency (@g44photo ). He has created work for notable companies such as The Toronto Raptors, Coors Light, and Walmart Canada. Upcoming Exhibitions & Opportunities: Billboard at Artscape Youngplace for Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) - Until End of July (@critical.distance ) Mural at Finch Station as a part of Luminato Festival (@luminatofestival ) Patel Brown Gallery, August 1 - September 7 (@patelbrowngallery ) Ignite gallery, opening September 4 (@ignitegallery ) Designed a reusable bag for Walmart that will be sold across all Canadian locations during Latin Heritage month #useformat #formatspotlight #artistspotlight #artistsofig #art_dailydose #creativelife #artinspiration #artistsoninstagram #artist #artcommunity #artoftheday #photographer #gradex109

**now on view at @bklynlibrary until Jan 25, 2026** Immigrant Manifesto (or, a manifesto against borders) Wrote this for a school project a couple years ago, wanted to share it now due to the anti-immigration rhetoric that has been building at an alarming rate in the USA, Canada and all over the world. Would like to one day print it as an actual passport including a works cited of the sources I looked at when I wrote this. When arguing against deportation and immigrant criminalization, please don’t only use “who will cook your food” as your sole argument. We are more than just a workforce! “The immigrant armada that us coming to your shores is actually a rescue fleet.” Read the full manifesto on my website - stay tuned for whenever I get around to re-editing and printing it if you would like a copy! Works Cited Mehta, Suketu. “Suketu Mehta: An Immigrant’s Manifesto.” YouTube, 27 Nov. 2019, /watch?v=O4Fj_KGBMz8 Okwonga, Musa. “The Migrant Manifesto by Musa Okwonga.” YouTube, YouTube, 26 Nov. 2012, /watch?v=y19CbyE41vo&t=14s

Really excited to announce my first solo show is opening May 9 at @blouindivision as a part of @contactphoto festival! Special thanks to @lauracarusi for curating and to @kaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy for writing some accompanying text! Uprooting a Flower opens on May 9th from 3-6pm at 45 Ernest Avenue, hope you can come out and see the work I researched, scavenged and created during my residencies at @banffcentre @tiltinstitute & @wassaicproject these past couple of months ☺️ Exhibit will be on until June 27

Some shots from open studios at @banffcentre during the Early Career Artist in Residence program - some of the work I exhibited here is currently on view in my solo show at @blouindivision up until June 27! Photo by Abigaile Edwards, Banff Centre 2026

Thank you to everyone that came out for the opening of Uprooting a Flower this past weekend! Meant a lot to see old and new friends interacting with the work in person! Exhibit will be on throughout @contactphoto festival until June 27 at @blouindivision in the west end of Toronto - happy to meet people at the gallery if they would like to learn more about the work! Exhibit curated by @lauracarusi with accompanying text by @kaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy Gratitud, 2026 Emulsion lift onto soldered glass Created during my residency at @banffcentre March 2025

Opening Today! ✨ Uprooting a Flower at @blouindivision opens from 3-6pm - 📍45 Ernest Ave, TORONTO Core exhibition for @contactphoto festival - hope to see you there! Paraíso, 2025 Emulsion lift onto found ceramic tiles Created during my residency at @tiltinstitute in Philadelphia

Today! Open Studios at @banffcentre from 4-7, come by and see what our cohort has been working on, and make sure to check out our lil exhibition in the project space Rust transfer onto craft paper, 2026

A deconstructed fence, Somewhere in Bushwick 2 weeks down at @banffcentre residency, 3 to go!

Systems of Display, taken at @mnantropologia , 2023 Thats a wrap on @banffcentre Early Career Artist in Residence Program, it was a really amazing experience that wouldn’t have been made possible for me to attend without the scholarship provided by @cibc — really thankful for the cohort that I was able to spend the last 5 weeks with, including the faculty @nourbishouty , Jacob Korczynski & @isabellesully and facilitators like @jasondeary & @chelseayangsmith to name a few of the many wonderful people that make Banff what it is! Excited to get to share more of the work that I created in my time there ⛰️🏔️

El Paraguas, Museo Nacional de Antropologia, CDMX, 2023 Week 4 of the residency coming up - next week on Apr 1 we got open studios at @banffcentre ! Come out if you are in the area ✨

Week 5! Come out to the @banffcentre Early Career Artists in Residence Open Studios on Wednesday April 1! Take a look at what we all have been working on this pst month from 4-7! We will also have a small group show for one day and one day only, come out if you are in the area! ✨ Poster by @nununushka

Come by to our open studios at @wassaicproject (Wassaic, NY) on January 31 (3-5pm) Happy to have spent the month browsing through their library and doing research - come by and ask me about the work for my upcoming exhibition ☺️