Pepe Coronado
Austin, TX
Pepe Coronado (b. Dominican Republic) M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Founder of Coronado Print Studio, Austin, Texas and New York City, a collaborative space with a concentration on print projects with Caribbean descent American artists and founding member of the collective Dominican York Proyecto GRAFICA. Former master printer for Pyramid Atlantic, Maryland; the Hand Print Workshop International, Virginia; and the Serie Print Project in Austin, Texas; He has taught printmaking at Purchase College School of Art and Design, SUNY; at the Corcoran College of Art; Georgetown University; and at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Visiting artist at Self Help Graphics in Los Angeles. Exhibits his work and the Coronado Print Studio collection nationally and internationally.
My work is based on expressing ways where some issues are manifest, my interest lies in Borders, boundaries and historical events that have effects in our current situation and the relationship in its many forms between the Dominican Republic, Haiti and the United States.
Recast, 2020
Serigraph
This print is based on our current reality, where our lack of understanding and acceptance of the real history of this country has once again been revealed by a crisis. Frustration is loud and clear and spilling into the streets with calls to recast this nation and forge a reality more in line with its mythology and promise.
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