Engaging children with artists who look like them, have similar experiences, and come from similar backgrounds is a great source of inspiration and empowerment. By reflecting their own identities, experiences and motivations (mirrors) and also providing insight into the identities, experiences and motivations of others (windows) can move students toward more nuanced perceptions of the world around them (sliding glass doors).* Discover new BIPOC artists to add to your curriculum.
*Source: By Rudine Sims Bishop, The Ohio State University. "Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors"
LatinX Artists
Artists have many layered identities and art educators need to present them as such.
Representing diverse artists in your curriculum is only part of an Anti-Bias, Anti-Racist curriculum. It needs to be more than a symbolic effort and art educators need to take into account intersectionality when introducing these artists to students. How do aspects of an artists’ social and political identities (ex. gender, sex, race, class, sexuality, religion, ability, physical appearance, etc.) intersect within their work?
In addition, we recognize that race is socially constructed and it is impossible to put humans in clearly defined categories by race. Racial identity is deeply personal, and artists within any given subgroup define themselves differently. Race, ethnicity, and nationality are all factors artist's individually consider as their personal identity. However, as mentioned previously that is not all that there is to their identity. We know that artists have many layered identities and art educators need to do the research to present them as such. These groupings are not perfect, as humans are not meant to be divided into boxes. We hope this resource can help art educators identify who is missing from their curriculum in order to create a curriculum more representative of the incredible diversity among students and artists today.
A
Abdias do Nascimento
Brazilian
Adal Maldonado
Puerto Rican
Adriana Villagra Paraguayan
Alan Pelaez Lopez AfroIndigenous Mexican
Alán Serna
Mexican
Alejandro Macias
Mexican American
Alessandra Exposito
Cuban/American
Alex Da Corte
American Venezuelan
Alexis Diaz
Puerto Rican
Aliza Nisenbaum
Mexican
Allora & Calzadilla Puerto Rican Based Duo
Alex Rubio
Chicano
Ana Leovy
Mexican
Ana Serrano
Mexican American
Ana Mendieta
Cuban
Ana Teresa Barboza
Peruvian
Andrea Pérez Bessin
Puerto Rican
Angel Otero
Puerto Rican
Antonio Maldonado
Puerto Rican
Antonio Martorell
Puerto Rican
Antuco Chicaiza
Ecuadorian
Anuto Chavajay Ixtetela
Guatemalan
Arturo Herrera
Venezuelan
Arthur Gonzalez
American
Augusto Marín
Puerto Rican
B
Beatriz Cortez
Salvadorian
Beatriz Milhazes
Brazilian
Belkis Ayón
Cuban
Betsy Casañas
Latina
Broobs
Chicanx
C
Carla Fernández
Mexican
Carmen Argote
Mexican American
Carmen Herrera
Cuban
Carmen Lomas Garza
Chicana
Carlos Mercado
Puerto Rican
Carolina Caycedo
Colombian
Carolyn Castaño
Colombian American
Chemi Rosado-Seijo
Puerto Rican
Clarissa Tossin
Brazilian
Cognate Collective
Mexican American
Carol Rossetti
Brazilian
Christina Erives
Mexican Heritage
Clemencia Lucena
Colombian
Criselda Vasquez
Mexican-American
D
Damián Ortega
Mexican
Daniela Garcia
1st generation Mexican American/Latina
Diego Rivera
Mexican
Doris Salcedo
Colombian
E
Eduardo Kobra
Brazilian
Elia Alba
Dominican American
Elizabeth Barreto
Puerto Rican
Elle Pérez
Puerto Rican
Emilia Cruz
Mexican American
Emanuel Martinez
Mexican American
Eric J. Garcia
Chicano
Ernesto Neto
Brazilian
Ernesto Yerena Montejano
Chicano/ Native/Indigenous
Ester Hernandez
Chicana
Emmanuel (aka Manolo) Aguilera
Mexican
F
Farid Rueda
Mexican
Firelei Báez
Dominican
Frida Kahlo
Mexican
Francis Robateau
Belizean American
Freddy Rodríguez
Dominican
Favianna Rodriguez
American
Felix Quintana
Salvadoran-American
G
Gabi Pérez-Silver
Puerto Rican
Gabriel Orozco
Mexican
Gabriel Dawe
Mexican
Gabriel García Román
Mexican-Amaricón
Gabriella Sanchez
American
Garvin Sierra
Puerto Rican
George Rodriguez
Mexican American
Gilbert "Magu" Luján
Chicano
Gina Gwen Palacios
Mexican American
Graciela Iturbide
Mexican
Guadalupe Maravilla Salvadorean
H
Hoesy Corona
Mexican
Humberto Ramos
Mexican
I
J
J. Leigh Garcia
Biracial Latina
Jacqueline Valenzuela
Mexican-American
Jaime Romano
Puerto Rican
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Haitian/Puerto Rican
Jesse Treviño
Mexican American
Jesus Barraza
Xicanx
Jesus Treviño
Mexican American
Joaquín Torres-García
Uruguayan-Spanish
John Valdez
Chicano
Jorge Soto Sánchez
Puerto Rican
Joiri Minaya
Dominican-United Statesian
José Antonio Torres Martino
Puerto Rican
José Cuneo Perinetti
Uruguayan
José R. Alicea
Puerto Rican
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican
José A. Rosa Castellanos
Puerto Rican
José Braulio Bedia Valdés
Cuban
Josie Del Castillo
American
Juan Carlos Escobedo
Mexican-American
Juan Downey
Chilean-American
Juan Sánchez
Puerto Rican
Juana Valdes
Cuban
Judith Francisca Baca
American Chicana
Julio Salgado
Mexican
Justin Favela
Guatemala-Mexican-American
K
Karlito Miller Espinosa
Costa Rican
Kukuli Velarde
Peruvian
L
Larry Fuente
American
Layqa Nuna Yawar
Ecuadorian/ Kichwa-Kañari Descent
Leopoldo Méndez
Mexican
Lexx
Xicana
Lilliam Nieves
Puerto Rican
Liliana Porter
Argentinian
Lorena Cruz
Mexican-American
Lourdes Jiménez Mexican American
Luis Jiménez
Mexican American
Lucía Méndez Rivas
Dominican
Luz Donoso
Chilean
M
Mamani Mamani
Aymara/Bolivian
Manuel Mendive
Afro-Cuban
Marco Hernandez
Mexican
Marco Sánchez
Mexicano
Marela Zacarías
Mexican
Maria Amalia
Honduran
María Magdalena Campos-Pons
Cuban
Mario Eduardo Testino
Peruvian
MATA RUDA (Karl Miller Espinosa)
Latin-American
Matthew Willie Garcia
Hispanic
Melesio Casas
Chicano
Melanie Cervantes
Xicana
Micius Stephane
Haitian
Morel Doucet
Haitian American
Myrna Báez
Puerto Rican
N
Nick Quijano
Puerto Rican
Natalia Arbelaez
Colombian American
O
Olga Albizu
Puerto Rican
Oswaldo Guayasamín
Ecuadorian (Kichwa & Mestizo heritage)
Omar Chacon
Colombian
P
Patrick Martinez
American
Patssi Valdez
Chicana
Paula Liz
Puerto Rican
Pepón Osorio
Puerto Rican
Pedro Reyes
Mexican
Priscilla Monge
Costa Rican
Q
R
Rafael López del Campo
Puerto Rican
Rafa Esparza
Mexican American
Rafael Soriano
Cuban
Raphael Montañez Ortiz
Yaqui-Puerto Rican
Raúl de Nieves
Mexican
Rachelle Mozman Solano
Panamanian
Ramiro Gomez Mexican American
Raquel Gutiérrez
Queer American
Ricardo Jaén
Panamanian American
River Garza Tongva & Mexican
Roberto Lugo
Puerto Rican
Rodríguez Calero
Puerto Rican
Ronny Quevedo Ecuadorean
Roberto Gutierrez
Chicano
Robert Vargas
Mexican-American
Rosenda Alvarez Faro
Puerto Rican
S
Salvador Jiménez-Flores
Mexican
Scherezade García
Dominican
Sofia Maldonado
Puerto Rican
Suzy González
Xicana
Sara Barriera
Mexican & Puerto Rican
T
Tania Bruguera
Cuban
Tanya Aguiñiga
Mexican American
Tarsila do Amaral
Brazilian
Teresita De La Torre
Mexican
Teresita Fernández
Cuban
Tony Aguero
Costa Rican
Tony Bechara
Puerto Rican
Tony Capellán
Dominican
Teresa Burga
Peruvian
U
V
Victoria Villasana
Mexican
Vik Muniz
Brazilian
Voluspa Jarpa Saldías
Chilean
Vick Quezada
Mexican American
W
Wence Martinez
Mexican (Zapotec Heritage)
Wendi Ruth Valladares
Mexican American
William Camargo
Chicanx
William Cordova
Peruvian
Wilson Borja
Colombian
X
Xochi Solis
Mexican American
Y
Yreina D. Cervántez
Chicana
Yvette Mayorga
Mexican American
Yolanda Lopez
Chicana
Z
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Amerindians: The indigenous population of Latin America.
Boricua: a Puerto Rican, or person of Puerto Rican descent. It is also the name Puerto Rico's indigenous Indians, the Taino, gave to their island.
ChicanX: a Mexican American (can be used in place of the masculine, feminine and gender binary form).
Hispanic and Latino are often used interchangeably though they actually mean two different things. Hispanic refers to people who speak Spanish and/or are descended from Spanish-speaking populations, while Latino refers to people who are from or descended from people from Latin America.
Latin American: relating to or characteristic of Latin America or its inhabitants.
LatinX: a person of Latin origin or descent.
Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Romance languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, and French are predominantly spoken. It is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America in categorizing the New World. The term comes from the fact that the predominant languages of the countries originated with the Latin language. Latin America consists of 20 countries and 14 dependent territories that cover an area that stretches from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego and includes much of the Caribbean. It includes more than 20 nations: Mexico in North America; Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama in Central America; Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, French Guiana, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay in South America; Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico in the Caribbean.
Xicanismo: transcends a label of being Mexican or Mexican American. The “X” connects the person to a recognition of their indigenous identity that is often overlooked by many Mexicans. This identity of Xicanismo reclaims indigenaity by using the “X” which is commonly used for the “ch” sound in indigenous languages.