Artist
Xavier Viramontes
born Richmond, CA 1943
- Born
- Richmond, California, United States
- Active in
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Biography
Printmaker, born in 1943 in Richmond, California. Viramontes received a B.F.A. from San Francisco Art Institute and an M.A. from San Francisco State University. The recipient of numerous printmaking awards, he has taught printmaking classes at all levels at City College, Ft. Mason and Phelan campuses, in San Francisco since 1980.
Latino Art and Culture Bilingual Study Guide (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1996)
Works by this artist (3 items)
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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