Artist
Amado M. Peña, Jr.
born Laredo, TX 1943
- Also known as
- Amado Maurillo Peña Jr.
- Amado M. Pena Jr.
- Born
- Laredo, Texas, United States
- Active in
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Works by this artist (3 items)
Videos
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This audio podcast series discusses artworks and themes in the exhibition Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In this episode, artist Amado M. Peña Jr. talks about his work Mestizo.
Exhibitions
October 25, 2013–March 2, 2014
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art presents the rich and varied contributions of Latino artists in the United States since the mid-twentieth century, when the concept of a collective Latino identity began to emerge.
November 20, 2020–August 8, 2021
In the 1960s, activist Chicano artists forged a remarkable history of printmaking that remains vital today.
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