Born in San Ysidro, California, in 1985, Esteban Cabeza de Baca lives and works in Queens, New York, and the Southwestern United States. His art is influenced by his childhood in a town that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, and by his father and Mexican-born mother, who were active participants in the Brown Berets, as well as the Chicano, American Indian, and Black Panther movements. His work entwines layers of graffiti, landscape, and Pre-Columbian pictographs. He has had many solo exhibitions, including at the Parker Gallery, Los Angeles (2024), and the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver (2023), and participated in numerous group exhibitions at venues such as the Newchild Gallery, Antwerp (2024), and MOCA Tucson (2023). Grants and awards include the Civitella Ranieri Visual Art Fellowship (2024), the NYFA Painting Fellowship (2021), and the Henk en Victoria de Heus Fellowship (2018).

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Esteban Cabeza de Baca nació en San Ysidro, California, en 1985. Vive y trabaja en Queens y en el suroeste de Estados Unidos. Sus obras reciben la influencia de su infancia en una ciudad fronteriza, y de su padre y su madre mexicana que fueron participantes activos de los Brown Berets, el American Indian Movement, el movimiento chicano y las Panteras Negras. Su obra combina el grafiti, el paisaje y la pictografía precolombina. Ha expuesto de manera individual en la Parker Gallery, Los Ángeles (2024), y el Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver (2023), y ha participado en muestras colectivas en espacios como la Newchild Gallery, Antwerp (2024), y el Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson (2023). Entre los reconocimientos que ha recibido destacan el Civitella Ranieri Visual Art Fellowship (2024), el NYFA Painting Fellowship (2021) y el Henk en Victoria de Heus Fellowship (2018).