ANDY VILLARREAL

I was born in San Antonio.  Since a very young age I knew I was going to be an artist. My degrees are from Corpus Christi State University. I receive a bachelors of art painting. Then I pursued my education and went Arizona State University in Tempe Arizona and receive my master fine arts in painting. Since then I have exhibited my work extensively throughout the United States and in Mexico. I have also pursued a career as an art professor.  I have been teaching art for over 30 years is very high-level institutions as I continue to do so today.  I am a practicing artist and I have never run out of the desire to create art.  my current work deals with the Mesoamerican cultures, primarily Mayen from the Yucatán. This work celebrates the indigenous cultures of Mexico and It is done in my own personal style. It pays homage to that culture. I have been working on this series for over 20 years.

MESOAMERICAN ICONS

In My Calavera, what is depicted there is the indigenous Mayan culture. The title of the work is called Mesoamerican Icons   and what is seen in there are gods warriors Chacmool, pyramids and other symbols that are an important part of the Mayan culture. It’s done in my own abstract style. The work depicts various places in time past present and future.