RUBÉN LOZANO

wasborninHouston,TxonMarch5th,1992.Hewasraisedinhis tia’shouseinRaymondville,Tx,whichhelpedhimexperiencethe wondrousviewsoflandscape.Hewastoldstoriesofhis grandfather,anativeMayafromTampico,Mexicowhotraveledto Americatoseekabetterlife.Hespenthisentirechildhood drawing,laterdevelopinghisfiguredrawingandsketchinginhigh schoolandcollegeLater,heattendedUTRGVforhisBachelorsof Art,andwastaughtbyRibobertoGonzalezThroughhiseducation hebecamemotivatedtocreatelandscapesthatsignifytheissues thataffectthecommunityHemakeslandscapesforpolitical talkingpoints,andtoembraceandreflecthisculturalheritage

Nydia Salinas

is a visual artist who was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2020. Salinas recently participated in an International Artist Residency: Arquetopia (2021) on Pre-Columbian Ceramics in Puebla, Mexico thanks to the support of the Guadalupe el Torrero Foundation (GeT). Salinas explores the dialect of the Rio Grande Valley and encourages her community to embrace their tongue and reject the idea of a “standard English language.” The dynamic of her upbringing - and the community she has encountered - is what inspired her journey in sharing the lived experiences of the people living on forced borderlands

RIGOBERTO A. GONZÁLEZ

born in 1973 in Reynosa Tamaulipas, Mexico, Rigoberto lives in Edinburg, Texas He holds a B.F.A. from The University of Texas at Pan America in 1999 and an M.F.A. from the New York Academy of Art in 2004. He currently teaches drawing and painting at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Gonzalez’s work has been exhibited at theSmithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC,theKonsthallen Bohuslan Museum, Uddevalla, Sweden, TheMuseum of Contemporary Art Branch of the National Museum in Wrocław, Poland, The Guildhall Art Gallery, London, England. Rigoberto has participated in artist residencies at the Roswell Artist Residency, Roswell, New Mexico and at the Santa Fe Art Institute Artist Residency Program, Santa Fe, New Mexico