About me
Art is what heals. I was Born and raised in Guadalupe, Arizona. My work expresses my culture and who I am as a Artist. The art I create combines vibrant colors and images that express my indigenous Native Nahua, Yoeme Yaqui/ Apache Heritage. I specialize in capturing southwest Sonoran Desert/Valley of the Sun at its purity. My purpose is to wake up the sleeping giant and give our people the strength they have lost through through generations of oppression, genocide, and the slow loss of sacred culture by inspiring them to find and follow their own individual paths
My art focuses on one thing only and that is bringing awareness to my people, the mighty people of the Yoeme and other native nations. I make vivid sunsets in a southwestern landscape and hummingbirds to represent the souls of our ancestors(surem). Monarch butterflies to represent the old souls of our fallen warriors, and the Galaxy to remind our people where we come from. I use wood panels to create my own canvases and on them i use spray paint and acrylic to bring my visions to life. Recently been working on neon tube bending and wood sculpting as another medium for my art. As a developing artists I currently have works at numerous galleries. I also sell Apparel with my original designs thereby developing my Brand to accompany my art.
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JJ Lopez
Visual Artist
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Education
Arizona State University
Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
Saint Mary's High School, Phoenix, AZ, 2009-2012
Exhibitions- Group shows, Live Art
*2021 Greater Good Art Installation, August 7th
2021 Community paint and learn with JJ lopez and the Pascua yaqui tribe and Guadalupe Community, June 19th
2020 Arizona win organization collaboration mural with Voting.Guadalupe,AZ, october 21st
2019 ASU Group Art show ,Ancestral, December 11th
2019 Guadalupe car show live painting, April 29th
2018 Guadalupe Az mural Collaboration with united way and the yoeme yaqui tribe of Arizona, December 2nd
2018 The Sagrado Gallery ,Ancestral, october 14th
2018 Guadalupe car show Live painting , April 16th
2018 The Sagrado Gallery ,Ancestral, march 29nt,
2018 The Sagrado Gallery: Ancestral, January 1st.
2017 You’re Beautiful Gallery, December 16th.
The Sagrado Gallery: Indigena The Spirit of Tonantzin, December 2nd.
Last Friday Guadalupe Art Festival Live Art, October 28th.
The Sagrado Gallery Presents: Vida sagrada, October 7th
Last Friday Guadalupe Art Festival Live Art, September 30th.
Guadalupe Car Show Live Art, April 23rd.
2016 Day of Dead Festival, Glendale, AZ, October 29th.
MCC Student Art Exhibition, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ, April 27th. Juror: Patty Haberman, Chief Curator, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
2015 Paz Cantina Restaurant Group Art Show, September 28th.
Day of Dead Festival, Glendale, October 29th
Collections
Michael Reyes/Paz (Private)
City/Country of Birth, Year
- Guadalupe, Arizona USA, 199