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Artist: Cara Romero
Cara Romero (b. 1977, Inglewood, CA) is a contemporary fine art photographer. An enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Romero was raised between contrasting settings: the rural Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA and the urban sprawl of Houston, TX. Romero’s identity informs her photography, a blend of fine art and editorial photography, shaped…
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Artist: Nicolas Herrera
Articles: Nicholas Herrera is an Outsider / folk artist from Northern New Mexico. His relatives were among the early settlers who came to New Mexico with Onate in 1598. Nicholas is a descendent of landowners, farmers, artists, and soldiers.As a young man he walked a wild and precariously thin line until a sudden near-death experience,…
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Artist: Corey Ringo’s Lowered 1940 Packard Convertible Marque
Double Barrel Photography https://doublebarrelphotography.com/ Social media: https://www.instagram.com/doublebarrelphotography/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/Doublebarrelphotography Articles: A luxurious piece of American history, this Packard cruiser can be found under the New Mexico sun. https://www.motortrend.com/vehicle-genres/1940-packard-110-convertible-lowrider/
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Video: Lowrider, Hoppers & Hot Rods: Car Culture of Northern New Mexico
Lowrider documentary by the New Mexico History Museum. This 40 min documentary features interviews with New Mexico Lowriders including Seco Live artist Pam Jaramillo.
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Artist: Joseph Leyba of Blast Factory
Blast factory paintworks… ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO …aerosol art, pinstripe, lettering, custom paint, classic car restoration. https://www.picuki.com/profile/BlastFactory
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Artist/Curator: Toby Morfin
The city of Española wanted a lowrider-inspired art show the day before the big Lowrider magazine sanctioned car show in New Mexico. The city decided to sponsor the location, and ultimately chose Toby Morfin as the curator because of his knowledge in the lowrider art scene. Social Media: TobyMorfin on Instgram https://www.instagram.com/tobymorfinart/?hl=en Toby Morfin on…
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Artist: Susan Guevara
One of the New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Books of the Year, 2005 “…Susan Guevara just gets more and more creative with every Chato book she illustrates…with “Chato Goes Cruisin’” she’s hit her peak. she’s grown so comfortable with her art that she’s willing to shake it up a bit for the sake of…
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Artist: El Moises
Social media: https://www.facebook.com/ChicanoPop/ Articles: Growing up in the Southwest, the soon-to-be artist named Moises would gain a love for the Chicano cultural and scene at an early age. It helped a lot that his father used to work on cars and paint lowriders too. That in itself would give him the opportunity to look at…
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Artist: Joey Montoya
Daman-Grafix https://www.deviantart.com/daman-grafix/about#about Daman-Grafix Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYOH1LhvO8veF5X1dnJtajw Articles: Market Daze “Before, the only airbrush art you really saw was on lowrider cars and T-shirts. Now I believe there are three or four people including myself in the market who do either airbrush, spray paint or something that isn’t typical oil, acrylic, bristle brush,” the 33-year-old says.…
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Seco Live: Low’N Slow
Low ‘N Slow will offer an immersive outdoor experience for art lovers of all ages providing a multi sensory tour through the world of lowrider arts and culture in Northern New Mexico. This safe and socially distant exhibition takes visitors through every aspect of lowrider culture from a 101 guide to hydraulics and pinstriping and…
