josé lópez serra (1992, San Juan, PR) is a cultural worker from San Juan, PR, who lives and works in San Juan & San Germán, PR. Through an interdisciplinary practice that combines curating and art production, his work concerns contemporary everyday life and its manifestation through formal/informal means. Employing photography, installation, sculpture, painting, and found objects, his work reflects on concrete situations and concepts that ground existence in Puerto Rico. Guided by the idea of making do, he experiments with hybrid forms inside established mediums, exploring the different strategies, tactics, and significations attached and produced by them.
He has directed Hidrante since 2015, an independent artist-run project space with a program of exhibitions, residencies, and cultural production.
His recent exhibitions include A Watched Pot Never Boils at Galería Agustina Ferreyra, Mexico City (2020); every crack, every ____ at 47 Canal, New York City (2020); #situacióndepaís #rickyteboté #verano2019 #hayhuracanes #caceroladas #nosdeshilan #hasta’bajo #seguimos, Diagonal, San Juan, PR (2019).
Recent curated exhibitions include Vaivén: 21st-Century Art of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora, Katherine E. Nash Gallery (in collaboration with Hidrante), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (2025); De progreso, sólo cenizas se amontonan and un grano de arena comprende, la distancia" at Museo Tamayo (ICI's The Backroom) (2020-2021).