El Moises
El Moisés is a Mexican-American artist known for his use of color and unique style. He is also a highly regarded Chicano artist and pioneer of the Chicano Pop style.
Biography
El Moises was born 1973 in the small town of Cuervos, Baja California. At the age of two his parents moved him to the south side of Phoenix, Arizona with a great deal of hardship, which has made him a more humble and creative Artist due to lack of art materials. He recalls as a child gathering grocery store flyers that left the backsides available for him to draw and collecting different colored flowers to extract and create colors to paint with. His art is strongly influenced by the Chicano, American, Native American and Mexican cultures that are reflected in many of his art pieces. Narrating history, culture, visions and street life, these elements are the essence of Moises' art. His distinctive style is bright, intense, and exhilarating with countless strokes of brilliant colors flowing in all directions layered on his images, often distorted and surreal, bordered in a bold black outline. His frames complete the masterpiece, inspired by his roots, Moises accents his wood carved frames with a Native American and/or Mexican Folk art touch.
Moises is the first signature artist signed on by Unbareable Apparel. The following quote taken from the clothing lines website: "We just signed our first signature artist - Moises! The essence of his artwork narrates History, Culture, Visions, and Street Life through his unique style that is bright, intense and exhilarating."
Style
Strongly influenced by the amalgamation of the Chicano perspective as experience, and the Native American and Mexican cultures, custom car culture, and lowrider art respectively, El Moises's paintings provide an electrifying narrative of history, culture, and street life.
Moises is renown for his vibrant colors and very detailed brushwork. As pioneer of the burgeoning "Chicano Pop Art" movement in the Southwest and California he hopes to show a new generation that art isn't an exclusionary club but a way of life.
Exhibitions
Works of El Moises are currently on display at:
- El Arte at the Petersen Museum 1
- Leyendas: Nuestro Arte, Nuestra Manera - Curated by Jody Naranjo at Legends Santa Fe 2
- On The Premier Artist Roster At Legends Santa Fe 3