Jacquelyn Serrano
Jacquelyn Serrano is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in San Bernardino, CA, to Mexican and Salvadorian parents. Her work is informed by gender-based experiences, trauma, and her sociocultural background. She explores these themes in tandem with the intricate layers of humanity that permeate both physical and digital landscapes.
Serrano graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley in 2020 with a double major in Art Practice and Ethnic Studies, further solidifying her commitment to addressing critical social issues through her art. She received the 2021 Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Award through the Berkeley Art and Pacific Film Archive.
Currently, she is the Media Manager for ShadowLight Productions, applying her expertise to various collaborative projects. Among her recent collaborative works with the company are “Chagall in His Own Words: An Invocation” (2025) and “Sojourner ZY” (2023).
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Exhibitions
Awards & Fellowships
Professional Experience
Press & Publications
Bachelor of Arts in Art Practice & Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2020
Explorations of the Cyber Self, Virtual Exhibition, curator, December 2020
The Hidden Wall, The Hidden Cafe, Berkeley, CA, November 2020
Cirque du Surveille, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, Berkeley, CA November 2018
2021 Recipient of the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Fellowship
2020 UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice Honors Studio Fellow
Mentioned in Paul Dresher Ensemble: Sojourner ZY: An Asian American science fiction fantasy 2023
The Daily Californian: I Made Moja, Ya Wen Chien reveal art of shadow puppetry behind ‘Sojourner ZY’ by Amanda Ayano Hyami 2023; Photo Credits
San Francisco Examiner: 6 Boundary-Pushing Plays to See in March by Jean Shiffmann 2023; Photo Credits
Piedmont Exedra: Eugenie Chan’s puppet theater tackles climate change by Charles Lewis III, 2023; Photo Credits
Mercury News: Shadow-puppet space fantasy takes flight in the Presidio by Sam Hurwitt 2023; Photo Credits
LCRVZN by PWWWRLiNE, co-edited by PWWWRLiNE and Jacquelyn Serrano featured SMARTBOMB VHS4
Mentioned in BAMPFA: Announcing the 2021 Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Fellowship Recipients
Department of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley 2020-2021 Yearbook; Created by Jacquelyn Serrano
150W: Matriarch of TWLF Ethnic Studies: A look into the history of the matriarchs of the Department of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley 2021; By Jacquelyn Serrano
Department of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley 2019-2020 Yearbook; Created by Jacquelyn Serrano
Ethnic Studies at 51: Special Alumni Edition, A Newsletter of the Ethnic Studies Department UC Berkeley Fall 2020; Designed by Jacquelyn Serrano
“Unproud Warrior” by Cass McCombs, Art and Puppetry 2022
Noah's Ark Moises Construction, Website Design by Jacquelyn Serrano 2023
Media Manager, ShadowLight Productions, San Francisco, CA 2021-Present
Camera Operator, Film Editor, and Colorist, Chagall in His Own Words: An Invocation, San Francisco, CA 2025
Videographer, Film Editor, Photographer for Sojourner ZY, San Francisco, CA 2023
Graphic Designer for Black Futures Retreat brand identity, Black Studies Collaboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2023
Graphic Designer, Department of African American & African Diaspora Studies at UC Berkeley, CA 2021
Departmental Yearbook Graphic Designer, Department of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley, CA, 2020-2023
Worth Ryder Art Gallery Intern, UC Berkeley 2020
Co-Producer, CLTC Cybersecurity Arts Showcase - SweetWire, Berkeley, CA, 2017-2019