Hector Membreno-Canales

Hector René Membreno-Canales was born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He served more than a decade as a US Army Photographer with international posts including Iraq, El Salvador, Poland and more. He continues to work as an educator, photographer, and visual artist. After serving in Iraq Hector used the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill to study Photography at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) and earned his MFA from the Dept. of Art & Art History at Hunter College, The City University of New York. As a student, he was an intern at The Museum of Modern Art, Hank Willis-Thomas' Studio, Magnum Foundation, and Stephen Mallon Films.

Hector’s work explores official histories, American patriotism, and the Military-Industrial Complex. His photographs have been exhibited at Osnova Gallery Moscow (2016), Aperture Foundation (2017), The Delaware Contemporary Museum of Art (2017), Field Projects (2018), and the Athens Institute of Contemporary Art (2019). His work has been featured and reviewed by The New York Times, The New Republic, The Columbia Journalism Review, NPR, CNN, and L’Oeil de la Photographie.

He is a contributor at Military News & Culture site Task & Purpose, and faculty member of the Art Dept. at Phillips Academy.