Our Murals
Artist Statement
I am an artist born in a paradoxical paradigm in the Border region of Tijuana and San Diego. The border between both countries divides us in a physical and spiritual way. Latin-American people have a diverse and rich historical reality. Throughout my life, different events and socio conditions have influenced my evolution as an artist. Yet the decisive factor in my life and artistic expression was and is the education I have acquired. Knowledge has been the vehicle through where I search for the answer to my cultural identity and have been fortunate to encounter along the way liberating pedagogy. My art represents the element of our multiple realities as Afro-Latino-Americanos, Chicanos, and Indigenous people in the United States and the rest of the Americas. Modern society has de-culturalized and disfranchised us in so many ways where we at times walk in a modern society separated from the rooted bloodlines of our ancestors. Therefore, through my art, I attempt to reclaim our indigenous and cosmetic identity. With my art, I try to remind the audience that we cannot forget who we are as people and how diversity makes us a stronger community, and nation.Sincerely,
Jose Olague | Chicanoparkmuralist@yahoo.com