Printmakers Update 2019 -- Part 1

This is the first look at what some of the Desert Triangle printmakers have done recently.

YORCH

Jorge Perez, aka Yorch, has finished his bus sculpture in Ciudad Juarez -- "Ser Fronterizo" -- which was inaugurated on March 14, 2019.

"Ser Fronterizo" monument

in Ciudad Juarez

Location in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico --

at the intersection of streets

Blvrd Francisco Villarreal Torres

and Av Paseo de la Victoria

(near the Francisco Villa sculpture)

Ser Fronterizo monument

not too far from the US/Mexico border

There are a lot more photos on Yorch's Instagram,

such as this one

Photo in the Telegraph,

a British newspaper

Yorch (r) at his print shop in Ciudad Juarez,

as part of the collective Rezizte,

about ten years ago

CIMI

Jesus Alvarado, aka Cimi, painted a mural on the outside of the El Paso Museum of Art, which he begun during Chalk the Block 2018.

Cimi's mural on the El Paso Museum of Art 

Writing below the mural

quote from Juan Gabriel

Outside view of the El Paso Museum of Art

New Cimi mural 

behind Mata Grocery in El Paso

LOS DOS AND JELLYFISH

Los Dos and Jellyfish painted a mural on the side of the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, in 2018, during the Desert Triangle exhibition there.  The mural was later animated by Augment El Paso.

The mural outside Mexic-Arte Museum in 2018

in Austin, Texas

Painting the mural

Los Dos and Jellyfish also painted a HUGE mural in downtown El Paso, on the Durango Street Bridge.

Aerial view of the HUGE mural in El Paso,

painted by Los Dos and Jellyfish

FRANCISCO DELGADO

Francisco Delgado gave a special printmaking exhibition at the El Paso Museum of Art on April 3, 2019.

Francisco Delgado printing at the El Paso Museum of Art

FEDERICO VILLALBA

Federico Villalba recently co-curated a photography exhibition -- Alchemy of Light and Dark Moments -- at Galeria Cinco Puntos in El Paso.   Photos from the exhibition found their way into THE Magazine of Santa Fe, the May 2019 issue, in an article about the art of El Paso and Juarez.

THE Magazine of Santa Fe,

May 2019 issue, pages 42 and 43,

pictures of the photography exhibition are on the right,

taken by Federico Villalba

THE Magazine article,

about art in El Paso and Juarez

Federico also co-organizes a photo show every year 

at La Fe Cultural and Technology Center

 in the Segundo Barrio district of El Paso

Manuel Guerra

HORNED TOAD II PRINT EXCHANGE

Manuel Guerra organized a second Horned Toad Print Exchange,  which was exhibited at Galeria Cinco Puntos (the inauguration exhibit) and in Silver City during the Southwest Print Fiesta 2018, as well as in Oaxaca and other venues.  

Other Desert Triangle artists in the print exchange are Francisco Delgado, Raul Monarrez, Pavel Acevedo, Yorch, Henry Morales and Krrrl.

The Horned Toad II Print Exchange

exhibition, at Galeria Cinco Puntos in El Paso

The Horned Toad II Print Exchange

showing in Silver City

for the Southwest Print Fiesta 2018

RAUL MONARREZ

Raul Monarrez had an exhibition at Joe Vinny and Bronson's Bohemian Cafe in El Paso in May/June 2019. 

Manuel Guerra and Marco Sanchez 

relaxing under Raul's artwork

• Printmakers Update 2019 -- Part 1

• Printmakers Update 2019 -- Part 2

• Printmakers Update 2019 -- Part 3