Saturday, April 6
10:00–11:30 a.m. PT
Speaker: Enrique Chiu, artist
Virtual Event

Event POSTPONED. New date to be announced.

Join prominent Mexican artist Enrique Chiu for a presentation and in-depth discussion on the role of urban art as a dynamic of artistic interventions in public spaces expressing events of everyday life with an openness to objects, experiences, places, and activities that constitutes the daily life of people regardless of identity, social class, occupation, cultural, and racial background.

Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco in 1981, Enrique Chiu is the artist most renowned for his 300 murals in Tijuana, Baja California. He has established himself as a social activist, ambassador of peace, and supporter of human rights. He is President of the Enrique Chiu International Foundation for a Childhood with a Future, a civil society organization dedicated to fostering creativity and promoting artistic education for young people.

His artwork has been exhibited in galleries in North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East, and he has permanent exhibitions in museums in the U.S., Spain, Guatemala, and Mexico. He is the creator of the Mural of the Brotherhood, a painting on the border wall between Mexico and the U.S.

Sponsored by the Latin American Arts Council.