Artist

Jesse Treviño

born Monterrey, Mexico 1946-died San Antonio,TX 2023
Also known as
  • Jesse Trevino
Born
Monterrey, Mexico
Died
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Active in
  • San Antonio, Texas, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

Treviño's family moved from Mexico to San Antonio, Texas, in 1948. Treviño earned an A.A. from San Antonio Junior College, a B.A. in art from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, and an M.F.A. in painting from the University of Texas at San Antonio. In 1987 he was honored with the National Hispanic Heritage Award as Artist of the Year.

Latino Art and Culture Bilingual Study Guide (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1996)

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Exhibitions

Media - 2011.12 - SAAM-2011.12_1 - 77591
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
October 24, 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.
Martha Rosler, Red Strip Kitchen
Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965 – 1975
March 15, 2019–August 18, 2019
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975 makes vivid an era in which artists endeavored to respond to the turbulent times and openly questioned issues central to American civic life.

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A man wearing a beret stands in front of an artwork. He is speaking to an audience.
From the Collection
02/28/2023
Remembering Artist and Veteran Jesse Treviño
A tribute to the photorealist painter and Vietnam War veteran by SAAM Curator Melissa Ho, who recalls the story behind his extraordinary self-portrait Mi Vida
A photograph of Melissa Ho by Jeff Elkins
Melissa Ho
Curator (20th-Century Art)