La resistencia de los nopales híbrido / The Resistance of the Hybrid Cacti (detail)
2017
Salvador Jiménez-Flores
Boston, Massachusetts
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About Salvador Jiménez-Flores
Salvador Jiménez-Flores is an interdisciplinary artist born and raised in Jalisco, México. Since coming to the United States, Jiménez-Flores has contributed to the art scene by producing a mixture of socially conscious installation, public, and studio-based art. He has presented his work at the National Museum of Mexican Art, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, and Casa de la Cultura in Jalisco, México amongst others. From 2015–17, Jiménez-Flores completed a two year-long artist residency at the Harvard Ceramics Program, Office of the Arts at Harvard University. He also served as Artist In Residence for the 2016–2017 Boston AIR program through Mayor Marty Walsh's office. He is currently Visiting Professor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Art Teacher at the Commonwealth School, and Teaching Artist at Urbano Project. Jiménez-Flores holds an MFA from Kendall College of Art and Design and a BAS from Robert Morris University in Chicago, IL.
Program Participation
Painters & Sculptors Grant, 2017
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As an artist, I feel I have the responsibility to address the issues that affect my community, create awareness, and propose actions through my art. I seek to resist the labels put upon me and other people of color by reimagining what an alternative future could look like.”
