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

North Texas SGCI print conference 2019

AMBOS LADOS in Dallas

Welcome to the SGCI print conference

We showed all 158 prints of the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange at the big SGCI North Texas print conference in Dallas, March 6 - 9, 2019.

Ambos Lados is a print exchange mostly between the US and Mexico, organized in El Paso and Oaxaca.  8 of the Desert Triangle printmakers also participated in the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange --  Pavel Acevedo, Gonzalo Espinosa, Tanya Rich, Krrrl, Henry Morales, Francisco Delgado, Manuel Guerra, Raul Monarrez.

The Horned Toad Prints crew of El Paso

gathered around master printmaker Tom Huck  --

(l to r)  Francisco Delgado, Tom Huck, Manuel Guerra, Raul Monarrez

Francisco Delgado and Tim Musso admire 

Pavel Acevedo's print

Flyer for the SGCI exhibition

at the University of Texas at Arlington

158 prints makes a 5 minute YouTube video

Manuel Guerra

Raul Monarrez

Francisco Delgado

The Horned Toad Prints crew

surround Susan Rostow, inventor of Akua printmaking inks,

after they made an animation with her at SGCI

Thank you Dallas!

Summary -- Living Relief

We had a great opening for the "New Mexico: Living Relief" exhibition, on February 1st, 2019.  Many visitors came from Santa Fe.  Many of the artists came.  And the director of the Albuquerque Museum, Dr Andrew Connors, came.

As seen on Instagram

This exhibition aspired to exhibit the best living printmakers in the state of New Mexico, including those in the 575 area code, living in the southern part of the state.  In this way it was a follow up to last year's Southwest Print Fiesta in Silver City, as well at the "Carved Line: Block Printing in New Mexico" exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum one year earlier.

All the prints are on the Remarque website now

The opening crowd surfaced from both galleries

for the live relief print demo

Henry Morales and Kate Coucke 

gave a great relief print demo at the opening

7 living women and 8 living men New Mexicans exhibited relief prints in our gallery.

The gallery and the prints

Dr Andrew Connors,

director of the Albuquerque Museum

Honored guests from Santa Fe

Handout with write-up

Catalogs from previous print shows

Also in the hallway we hung relief prints from just across the state line, by artists in El Paso.

Relief artists from El Paso
featured in the hallway

Remarque February Residents  

The Monday following our opening, Remarque Print Workshop in Albuquerque hosted 5 printmakers from Oregon and Colorado, for a week long residency.

Print residents at Remarque
busy making prints in February 2019



NEXT UP:  SGCI  PRINT CONFERENCE
DALLAS 2019

We are showing 158 matted and framed prints, from Mexico and the USA  -- the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange -- at the upcoming SGCI print conference in Dallas, March 6th - 9th, 2019.  We also have prints from Australia, Canada, Cuba and Ireland.

During the opening we showed one of those Ambos Lados prints, by Curtis Wilson III.

Curtis Wilson III

standing in front of his Ambos Lados relief print

at the Living Relief opening

Ambos Lados is listed on the SGCI website,
if one clicks on "Exhibitions"

We delivered 10 boxes of framed prints,

the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange, 

to Nancy Palmeri on February 4th, 2019,

at the University of Texas at Arlington