Yreina Cervantez

Yreina Cervantez
Born1952 (age 71–72)
Garden City, Kansas
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, University of California, Los Angeles
Notable workLa Ofrenda

Yreina Cervantez (born 1952) is an American artist and Chicana activist who is known for her multimedia painting,[1] murals, and printmaking. She has exhibited nationally and internationally,[2] and her work is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[3] The Mexican Museum,[4] the Los Angeles County Museum, and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.[5]

  1. ^ Pérez, Laura E. (9 August 2007). "Legacies of Im/migration: Yreina Cervantez's Tierra Firme and La Ruta Turquesa". Chicana Art: The Politics of Spiritual and Aesthetic Altarities. Duke University Press Books. ISBN 978-0822338680.
  2. ^ "Guest Artists". Public Art in LA. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Estrella of the Dawn, from the National Chicano Screenprint Taller, 1988–1989". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  4. ^ "The Mexican Museum Introduces Additions to Its Arts & Letters Council". Yahoo! Finance. 2 August 2013. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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