Studio Tour: Yehimi Cambrón Álvarez

Over the years, recent grad Yehimi Cambrón Álvarez (MFA 2025) has created artwork in her kitchen, garage, and backyard—but having her own studio as a School of the Art Institute of Chicago grad student opened up new possibilities for the artist and activist. She talked to us about how she explores larger world issues while rooting her work in her personal history, including her family’s furniture-making business.