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 (7 items)

Amado M. Peña, Jr., Unidentified, ¡Huelga! Texas Farmworkers Union, ca. 1977, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.45.5
¡Huelga! Texas Farmworkers Union
Artist
Dateca. 1977
screenprint on paper
Not on view
Amado M. Peña, Jr., Raza, 1973, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Amado M. Peña, Sr. and Maria Peña, 1996.47.4, © 1973, Amado M. Peña, Jr.
Raza
Date1973
screenprint on paper
Not on view
Amado M. Peña, Jr., Justicia, 1975, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Amado M. Peña, Sr. and Maria Peña, 1996.47.2, © 1975, Amado M. Peña, Jr.
Justicia
Date1975
screenprint on paper
Not on view
Amado M. Peña, Jr., Aquellos que han muerto, 1975, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Amado M. Peña, Sr. and Maria Peña, 1996.47.6, © 1975, Amado M. Peña, Jr.
Aquellos que han muerto
Date1975
screenprint on paper
Not on view

Videos

Exhibitions

Media - 2011.12 - SAAM-2011.12_1 - 77591
Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
October 25, 2013March 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.
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, 2020August 8, 2021
In the 1960s, activist Chicano artists forged a remarkable history of printmaking that remains vital today.

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