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 (47 items)

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Camilo José Vergara, 65 East 125th Street, Harlem, 1996, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.44.12, © 1996, Camilo José Vergara
65 East 125th Street, Harlem
Artist
Date1996
inkjet print
Not on view
Camilo José Vergara, 65 East 125th Street, Harlem, 2009, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.44.21, © 2009, Camilo José Vergara
65 East 125th Street, Harlem
Artist
Date2009
inkjet print
Not on view
Camilo José Vergara, 65 East 125th Street, Harlem, 2004, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.44.19, © 2004, Camilo José Vergara
65 East 125th Street, Harlem
Artist
Date2004
inkjet print
Not on view
Camilo José Vergara, 65 East 125th Street, Harlem, 1998, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.44.15, © 1998, Camilo José Vergara
65 East 125th Street, Harlem
Artist
Date1998
inkjet print
Not on view

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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

      Media - 2011.12 - SAAM-2011.12_1 - 77591
      Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
      October 25, 2013–March 2, 2014
      Smithsonian American Art Museum
      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.
      Media - 2012.53.1 - SAAM-2012.53.1_1 - 82036
      ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now
      November 20, 2020–August 8, 2021
      Smithsonian American Art Museum
      In the 1960s, activist Chicano artists forged a remarkable history of printmaking that remains vital today.

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