About

Gabriela Alemán is a Nicaraguan-Salvadoran multidisciplinary illustrator from San Francisco’s Mission District. Working under her artist name, Smug Morenita, she creates boldly colored designs that range from protest art to reimagined cultural iconography—blending the aesthetics of comics, folklore, and pop art.

💌 For inquiries, please email smugmorenita@gmail.com.


Selected Clients

Hulu Instagram Google Pay Waymo Topo Chico

J.P. Morgan Chase San Francisco Bay Ferry Ipsy Wells Fargo Micheal’s

Freeform The Mujerista Milca Roja The Center for Cultural Power Natural Resources Defense Center


Exhibitions

  • 2023 Group Exhibition - Mamá Said: A Reflection on Maternal Figures. Latino Arts. Milwaukee, WI

  • 2020 Solo Exhibition - In the Name Of…?. Galería de la Raza. San Francisco, CA

  • 2019 Collective Exhibition - Cómplices en la Resistencia. Juan R. Fuentes Gallery. San Francisco, CA

  • 2019 Collective Exhibition - Reclamisíon. Brava Theater for Women in the Arts. San Francisco,CA

  • 2018 Solo Exhibition - Lata America. SOMArts Ramp Gallery. San Francisco, CA.


Publications

2019 El Tecolote Newspaper Vol. 49 No.08


Press

Latina Magazine

HipLatina

BELatina

Managua Furiosa