Ten Years Ago

Ten Years ago -- January 31st, 2016 -- was the first day of our big exhibition at the EL PASO MUSEUM of ART:

El Paso Museum of Art -- first day

The first day of the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta exhibition

at the El Paso Museum of Art

January 31, 2016

El Paso Museum of Art -- first day

The Desert Triangle Print Carpeta banner

on the outside of the El Paso Museum of Art

CIUDAD JUAREZ

That same weekend we had an exhibition across the Rio Grande -- at the Juarez Contemporary Gallery -- of the YayBig and the Horned Toad Print Exchanges:

Juarez Contemporary Gallery

Opening on January 29th, 2016 at the Juarez Contemporary Gallery

of the YayBig and the Horned Toad Print Exchanges

Juarez Contemporary Gallery

Juarez Contemporary Gallery

Downtown Ciudad Juarez

Desert Triangle Revisited in 2025

The Desert Triangle -- TUCSON, ALBUQUERQUE, EL PASO -- had a reunion in 2025, sorta.  Those cities got together again to show in Juarez, Mexico and Silver City, New Mexico:

TUNEL GRAFICO

JUAREZ, MEXICO

163 EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints, from Tucson, Albuquerque and El Paso, were a prominent part of the TUNEL GRAFICO exhibition at the University of Juarez in Mexico -- from August 22 to November 13th, 2025:

OPENING -- Part 2 -- TUNEL GRAFICO

We had a great print opening in Juarez, Mexico

on August 22, 2025

IMPORTANT PEOPLE -- TUNEL GRAFICO

JORGE "YORCH" PEREZ was part of the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta,

and stands next to his print at the Tunel Grafico exhibition

TUCSON Tessellations -- TUNEL GRAFICO

39 EXQUISTE TESSELLATION Prints from Tucson

ALBUQUERQUE Tessellations -- TUNEL GRAFICO

69 EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints from Albuquerque

EL PASO Tessellations -- TUNEL GRAFICO

55 EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints from El Paso

Quick Prints -- TUNEL GRAFICO

We also had a printmaking workshop

during the opening on August 22, 2025

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SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA 2025

SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO

During the SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA  in Silver City, New Mexico, we pushed EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints from TUCSON, ALBUQUERQUE and EL PASO on October 10th - 13th, 2025:

EXQUISITE TESSELLATION

We showed collaborative EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints from Albuquerque and El Paso at Power & Light Press:

EXHIBITION EXQUISITE TESSELLATION -- Southwest Print Fiesta 2025

We exhibited EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints

from Albuquerque and El Paso

(Tucson arrived too late to exhibit)

STEAMROLLER PRINTS

We made big STEAMROLLER collaborative EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints from TUCSON, ALBUQUERQUE and EL PASO -- and included linocuts from TAOS, LAS CRUCES, and LAS VEGAS, New Mexico:

TESSELLATION STEAMROLLER PRINTS -- Southwest Print Fiesta 2025

EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Steamroller Prints

TESSELLATION STEAMROLLER PRINTS -- Southwest Print Fiesta 2025

Big linocuts from Taos, El Paso, Albuquerque

Las Cruces and Albuquerque

(plus little linocuts from El Paso and Albuquerque)

TESSELLATION STEAMROLLER PRINTS -- Southwest Print Fiesta 2025

Four from Albuquerque, two from Tucson, one from Las Vegas, New Mexico

TESSELLATION STEAMROLLER PRINTS -- Southwest Print Fiesta 2025

Taos, El Paso, Las Cruces, Albuquerque, Tucson

TESSELLATION STEAMROLLER PRINTS -- Southwest Print Fiesta 2025

Las Vegas, NM, two from Albuquerque, two from Tucson

TESSELLATION STEAMROLLER PRINTS -- Southwest Print Fiesta 2025

Transporting the steamroller tessellation prints

AFTER-PARTY WORKSHOP 

We also made small collaborative EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints during the after-party at the Whiskey Creek Zocalo bar, with linocuts from the Tucson, Albuquerque and El Paso collections:

COLLABORATION TESSELLATIONS at the Whiskey Creek Zocalo --

 Southwest Print Fiesta

The collaborative tessellation prints from the after-party

COLLABORATION TESSELLATIONS at the Whiskey Creek Zocalo --

 Southwest Print Fiesta

JOE MARSHALL from Tucson (left) of the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta

hand burnishing prints

COLLABORATION TESSELLATIONS at the Whiskey Creek Zocalo --

 Southwest Print Fiesta

CHRIS BARDEY from Las Cruces (right) of the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta,

after Joe passed the baren

COLLABORATION TESSELLATIONS at the Whiskey Creek Zocalo --

 Southwest Print Fiesta

MANUEL GUERRA (lifting paper) from El Paso, of the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta

Moreover 2025 marks 10 YEARS since the first exhibitions of the DESERT TRIANGLE PRINT CARPETA

EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Print project

In 2024 we started the EXQUSITE TESSELLATION Print project -- and have been collecting linocuts from Albuquerque, El Paso and Tucson.  This sorta sounds like a sequel to the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta:

Individual tessellation tiles

growing into large tessellation prints

SUMMARY -- Exhibition at the University of Arizona Art Museum

We were honored and delighted that the University of Arizona Art Museum exhibited the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta in Tucson.  The exhibit runs from June 10th, 2023 to December 21st, 2023.

Olivia Miller, the Director

of the University of Arizona Art Museum,

stands next to the Desert Triangle legend

The monitor in the lobby

of the University of Arizona Art Museum

Sophie Briley curated the Desert Triangle exhibition, and wrote the legend in the gallery, as well as the side panels next to the prints:

Sophie Briley curated

the Desert Triangle exhibition

The reception was on October 26th, 2023:

The reception warming up

at the University of Arizona Art Museum

LIVE PRINTMAKING -- on a Tortilla Press, during the reception:

Live printmaking --

(L to R) Chelsea Farrar (curator), Olivia Miller (museum director)

Manuel Guerra and Karl Whitaker holding the pink bucket,

Joe Marshall and Linda Marie Garcia

Chelsea Farrar, the Curator of Community Engagement,

gets the best out of printmakers Manuel Guerra and Joe Marshall

by giving them a free drink ticket

Six from Tucson, Albuquerque and El Paso,

showed up for the reception --

Manuel Guerra, Joe Marshall, Federico Villalba, 

Mykl Wells, Ruben Urrea Moreno, Karl Whitaker

The main reception was for the exhibition in the large gallery -- PULSE: Weavings and Paintings by Marlow Katoney:

The main reception was for the exhibition in the large gallery --

PULSE: Weavings and Paintings by Marlow Katoney

• NOTE:  The University of Arizona is planning to build a new Art Museum

BLOG POSTS

about the exhibition

at the University of Arizona

• University of Arizona collection
• Upcoming Exhibition at the University of Arizona Art Museum -- and Artist Updates
• Desert Triangle opens at the University of Arizona
• PANEL DISCUSSION with “DESERT TRIANGLE PRINT CARPETA” artists
• Hyperallergic article
• Reception at the University of Arizona Art Museum
• Live Printmaking at the University of Arizona Reception
• Write-up panels next to selected prints in the UofA gallery
• The Gallery at the University of Arizona Art Museum

Click on the photos to go to the blog post about that topic:

University of Arizona collection

Back in 2017

the University of Arizona Art Museum

showed three of the Desert Triangle prints

Upcoming Exhibition

at the University of Arizona Art Museum

-- and Artist Updates

The first announcement of the UofA exhibition,

and updates on some of the Desert Triangle printmakers

Desert Triangle

 opens at the University of Arizona

Ruben Urrea Moreno gives a talk

about the Desert Triangle prints

to kick off the exhibition

The exhibition in miniature

before they hung the exhibition

PANEL DISCUSSION

with “DESERT TRIANGLE PRINT CARPETA” artists

There was a Zoom online Panel Discussion about the prints

on September 21, 2023

Hyperallergic article

We were ecstatic

to get written up in Hyperallergic

Reception

 at the University of Arizona Art Museum

We had a good reception on October 26, 2023

at the University of Arizona Art Museum

Live Printmaking

 at the University of Arizona Reception

During the reception on October 24, 2023

we printed live on a Tortilla Press

Write-up panels

 next to selected prints in the UofA gallery

Sophie Briley wrote the description panels

on the side of 15 of the Desert Triangle prints

The Gallery

 at the University of Arizona Art Museum

The gallery

at the University of Arizona Art Museum

INSTAGRAM Posts

From the University of Arizona Art Museum:

• June 7, 2023
• June 8, 2023
• June 14, 2023
• July 25, 2023
• September 16, 2023
• November 2, 2023

• From Joe Marshall
• From Federico Villalba

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During the reception we met Alejandro Macias, the new painting professor at the University of Arizona:

Manuel Guerra (l), printmaking professor at UTEP,

standing in front of his print,

with Alejandro Macias, painting professor 

at the University of Arizona

We left a bucket and linoleum

for Alejandro Macias

Painting by Alejandro Macias

currently hanging in the gallery

of the University of Arizona Art Museum

We met Alejandro Macias back in 2015, when we showed two Desert Triangle prints, in the art museum of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Brownsville, Texas:

Alejandro Macias in Brownsville, Texas,

standing next to Cimi's Desert Triangle print

of the Mexico/US bridge in El Paso

The print studio

at the University of Arizona

UofA students

reflecting on the meaning of Art

in the hallway

Aerial view of the art museum

at the University of Arizona

Street view of the art museum

at the University of Arizona

The main gate to the University of Arizona in Tucson,

leading to the main road, lined with palm trees

Manuel Guerra in Tucson,

standing in front of where the 

Sculpture Resource Center used to be --

where the Desert Triangle started

The Desert Triangle

in other venues

We saw Cristina Cardenas' print hanging in the Tucson Art Museum:

Cristina Cardenas' print

in the Tucson Art Museum

Cristina Cardenas' print was also showing in the El Paso Museum of Art:

Edward Hayes Jr,

the new director of the El Paso Museum of Art,

stands next to Cristina Cardenas' print

Henry Morales was showing his print in Albuquerque at the North Fourth Art Center:

Henry Morales standing in front of his Desert Triangle print,

showing at the North Fourth Art Center

in Albuquerque

El Paso and Tucson

printmakers

A big THANK YOU  to:

• Oliva Miller, director of the University of Arizona Art Museum
• Chelsea Farrar, director of Community Engagement at the University of Arizona Art Museum
• Sophie Briley, the curator for the "Desert Triangle Print Carpeta" exhibition
• Albert Chamillard, Exhibition Specialist for the University of Arizona Art Museum
• Linda Marie Garcia, student intern who helped us with live Tortilla Printing
• Federico Villalba, who took all the best photos of the gallery and the reception