2212
Alejandra was a painter until she discovered and fell in love with contemporary jewelry design. She is fascinated by the endless possibilities of the medium. By experimenting with various techniques, Alejandra combines painting and sculpting to create one of a kind wearable works of art. The number 2212 is a reference to the boiling point (Celcius) of silver. All 2212 pieces are hand made in Argentina.

Arturo Avalos
"I was born and raised in El Paso, TX. The blending of international cultures and the rich southwestern traditions inspired my outlook about life, art, chicano pride and the deep historical roots of our ancestral heritage. I am continually influenced by the works of the iconic Mexican muralists and the Aztec, Mayan, Incan and Native American spiritual culture. Having been involved with working class struggles and civil rights agendas as a deprived Mexican/American-chicano youth, murals have been an outlet of  expression and creative, political & cultural indentity. My work is a labor of love to my community. I consider my art a gift from the great creator and hope to inspire all people to be proud yet humble and leave this world a better place for all living things."

Seth Ahonen
"To put it the best way I know how, I am a person of very mixed ethnicity. A product of the best and worst that the world has to offer you might say. I grew up in a commune in Northern California (not a cult) as sort of the young artist in residence. I earned my BA in fine arts from St. Mary’s College, and thereafter began painting icons of Mary and Christ and Guadalupe and John the Baptist. At least they were the main subjects. And I still paint on wood almost exclusively which is a habit from those icon painting days. For a good five years I made a living as a mural artist. And it was during that time that I learned I was related to a mural artist named Jose Maratta, who was semi well known in his time (more than I ever was as a mural artist) for his vibrant use of color and confident brush strokes. And I suppose he is the inspiration behind my work as an artist de los muertos."

Donna Cadena
Donna is a writer and photographer. Through her work she constructs narratives which depict her experiences living in the shadow of her ethnicity. Born and raised in Tennessee, she later moved to her mother's home state of New Mexico where she earned a Master of Arts in Rhetoric and Professional Communication at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. It was there that Donna discovered influential Latino/a scholars and artists and began to develop her own artistic style. Donna's work has been featured in various national and international juried exhibitions. She continues to live and work in New Mexico.

Joe DeHoyos
"I'm inspired by vibrant color, 80's music, recycling and masculine style. My main goal in design is to create clothes that are versatile and wearable, but also have interesting detailing, whether in the actual cut of the garment or on the surface as embellishment. Color blocking and patchwork are two of my signature techniques. They mimic my love of collage, which is my medium of choice as an artist."

Hector Frank
Self taught artist Hector Frank was born in Havana, Cuba in 1961. His work evokes emotion while expressing his inner creativity and echoing sorrounding influences; the colors, textures, sounds and landscape of Cuba. Hector combines impasto with various mixed media and collage techniques to bring his imagery to life. In his paintings, areas of interest can be found, where layers have been carved into or away, revealing an ever changing history, not unlike Cuba's, that is open to viewer interpretation and discussion. Mr. Frank's work is collected internationally. With excitement, he now introduces his work to an American audience.

Catalina Garcia
"Idealist by nature. Aerialist by nurture. I was raised in Colombia, culture of dreamers.
My work is a chaotically beautiful poem that pleads for amity. I project myself on a piece of cloth and hide myself in the writings of dreamers. Their writings transport me to the magical realities that are echoed in my paintings. My blood flows with the rhythms and lyrics of dancing poets who fight against frivolity. I decode their work in patterns, on a flat surface; patterns that function as music within a pictorial plane. In my work I am in constant search for the collective consciousness and give my imagery stories to tell. I follow in the steps of those before me who have shown the world through transformed reality. I am a disciple of color."

Noelle Garcia
Noelle was born in Reno, Nevada in 1984 and raised on the Reno Sparks Indian Colony. She is an enrolled member of the federally recognized Klamath Tribes. Her work is narrative; a form of story telling in which she often uses decaying family photos as reference. "These photos are so precious to me." she says. "The feeling of forgetting my family distresses me so I look to the photos for remembrance. In many cases the photos have faded, losing all detail and distinguishing facial features. The process of recreating these images brings me closer to the people or location depicted in them. Through my painting process I am able to have a relationship with deceased loved ones such my father, Walt." The figures in Noelle's paintings are ambiguous, with little or no facial features and convey a feeling of lost or fading identity.

John Gascot
John was born in Puerto Rico, where he spent the first 12 years of his life. "My work combines visual, literal and musical influences. The female form dominates a vast majority of my canvases. Their bodies are curvaceous and large but their mass speaks more of strength and presence than physical size. These female constants represent other personal themes as well. At times they are my mother, whose larger-than-life persona taught me the importance of self-expression. At times they express my own connection to femininity, challenging long-standing traditions of "machismo". Always, they pay tribute to Woman in general."

Mia Roman Hernandez
Painter, jewelry maker and mixed media visual artist, Mia was born in Brooklyn, NY. "It was with my family that I first learned to appreciate the importance of an artistic community. Being sorrounded by so many creative people provided me with a nurturing artistic enviroment that encouraged me to explore and learn without boundaries. My emotions, love and passion for my ancestral past and traditions are colorfully conveyed in everything I do." Her paintings and jewelry are an expression of heart and personal truth; a record of her experiences, culture and ideas.

Mirlette Islas
Mirlette is the proud mommy of 3 little princesses (2 precious girls and one funny Chihuahua). Her charming work is influenced by her childhood. She has been painting and crafting since she was a young girl. When Mirlette moved to the United States with her husband and child, art-making became a way to soothe the aches of missing the homeland and culture she left behind. Much of her work pays homage to La Virgen de Guadalupe and Frida Kahlo.

Diego Marcial Rios...coming soon!

Roberto Mendez
Roberto began his artistic endeavors in Patterson, California where at the early age of 5 he began painting and drawing. He drew inspiration from the likes of Leonardo Da Vinci rather than Disney cartoons. His fascination with art was as undeniable then as it is now. Roberto graduated from CSU Stanislaus in 1990 with a BA in Fine Arts. In 1994 he received his Master of Arts degree from CSU Sacramento. His widely exhibited work aims to question time and reality and explores the differences between understanding and belief.

Carolina Montejo
Carolina Montejo (Bucaramanga, Colombia 1981) currently lives and works in Bogotá. Montejo was Born and raised in Colombia and has been exposed to a colorful equatorial landscape, her perspective on life has been reflective of such through symbolic images of dreamlike circumstances where color is both inspirational and necessary. Carolina intends to fabricate a compound metaphor, an image that rises from words and allows itself to be affected by color, object, meaning and emotion. With a background in communications,creative thinking, and photography she has been dedicated to visual arts for the past 3 years and has had exhibitions of her work in Austria, Indonesia, the United States, and Colombia. 

Barbara Rachko
In her work, Barbara Rachko uniquely uses Mexican and Guatemalan folk art—masks, carved wooden animals, papier mâché figures, and toys as surrogates for human beings acting in highly-charged narratives. She graduated from the University of Vermont with a B.A. in psychology. After college, she earned a commercial pilot's license and Boeing 727 flight engineer's certificate, then spent seven years on active duty as a Naval officer. In 1986 while working at the Pentagon, she began to study figure drawing and medical anatomy, and began many long years of developing her craft. Barbara subsequently resigned from active duty (but remained in the Navy Reserve and retired as a Commander) to devote herself to making art. Barbara enjoys a busy career as a professional artist. She is represented by six galleries throughout the United States, exhibits nationally and internationally, and continues to win accolades, including a 2008-2009 Joyce Dukta Arts Foundation award.

Martha Rodriquez
"I am an Urban Folk artist. My calling has come after careers in social welfare and education. Attending college during the student movements of the 1970's, the rich history and pride of my Chicano/Mexicano ancestors became an integral part of my life. My craft is self-taught and deeply influenced by my life as a native Californian, urban dweller and child of 60's pop. Some of the artists I've found most influential have been the Mexican muralists of the early 20th century and American art innovator Andy Warhol. Raised in the Mexican-American Baptist church I am fascinated by Catholic religious icons, whose spectacle of pain, blood and tears in the ornate stylization of its churches seemed exotic and forbidding. I have always used recycled and found materials and enjoy the process of re-imagining a faded object into a shining new statement. As a Chicana artist, my work reflects the duality of growing up American with roots forever planted in my beloved Mexico."

Helen Webber
"Art belongs everywhere; from hillsides to hospitals, from bridges to bedrooms."
This has been Helen's mantra since she began her career in the 1970's. She has created hundreds of large dramatic art works for public spaces throughout the US and abroad. Her bold and richly hued art has been executed in a wide variety of media, such as tapestry, glass, metal, wood and clay and installed in universities, corporations, cruise ships and community and civic centers. Now two of her art prints have been translated into Spanish by fellow artist John Gascot. "The color, intensity and melody of Hispanic culture has always been a part of my being and reflected in my art. When I see the Spanish words on my prints I give a big sigh...at last, and of course."