Bay Area, California, United States
Jesus Barraza is an interdisciplinary artist and is pursuing an MFA in Social Practice and a Masters in Visual Critical Studies. He holds a BA in Raza Studies from San Francisco State University. He is a co-founder of Dignidad Rebelde a graphic arts collaboration that produces screen prints, political posters and multimedia projects and a member of JustSeeds Artists Cooperative a decentralized group of political artists based in Canada, the United States and Mexico. From 2003-2010 he was a partner at Tumis design studio where he worked as web developer, graphic designer and project manager. Barraza has worked closely with numerous community organizations to create prints that visualize struggles for immigration rights, housing, education, and international solidarity. Printmaking has allowed Barraza to produce relevant images that can be put back into the hands of his community and spread throughout the world. He believes that through this work and the work of Dignidad Rebelde, he is playing a role in keeping the history of graphic art activism alive. He proudly continues the tradition of graphic art in the spirit of Jose Gaudalupe Posada, OSPAAAL and Juan R. Fuentes, whose artwork has been part a pivotal part of social movements. Barraza prides himself on his continued connection to his community and his availability as an activist artist who can be relied on for help.
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These past few weeks have been difficult being a human being in this world and seeing all the pain we’re all experiencing. Reading about governments around the world taking care…
After some informal surveys on social media to help me gauge interest, gather topics and get a sense for timing I am happy to announce my first FREE online lecture:…
As a Xicanx I’m always in solidarity with Palestinians, because like indigenous people in the Americas they’ve had their ancestral lands taken from them. Right now they are dealing with…
Please considering donating to #helpmelaniecervantes fight cancer! www.youcaring.com/melaniecerantes-828867 Dear family, friends and supporters, I want to give thanks to everyone who has sent me good energy, made a contribution and shared…
Standing in solidarity with Standing Rock and the struggle to stop the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline. #noDAPL #standingwithStandingRock #WaterIsLife #Rezpect We are selling a limited number of posters…
If you haven’t been to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to check out their latest exhibit you need to get down there before it cloeses August 14th! The…
On the fourth of July weekend while many people were celebrating Independence day, the folks at Homefullnes in East Oakland, California were celebrating their interdependence. A group of Black, Brown,…
In early July we traveled to Arizona as part of a project we started, "Justicia y Dignidad", to work deepen the connections we have to three grassroots community organizations. We…
In June i was invited to lead a screen printing workshop at the Ruckus Society’s Action Camp for Migrant Rights that was coordinated with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network….
These English and Spanish posters are two of four poster designs we will be giving away on May Day in Oakland and San Francisco. If you’re out there look for…
This coming weekend we will be visiting Santa Fe, New Mexico with a few presentations and workshops. These are in conjunction with the “Counting Coup” exhibit at the Museum of…
In July Melanie Cervantes and I teamed up with Rupert Garcia to produce a print to use as a fundraiser for the Ethnic Studies College at San Francisco State University….
I designed this for poster for the Political Poster Jam happening at the Oakland Museum next week. From 8 to 11pm on February 25, 2011, the Oakland Standard will honor…
Here are some posters that I have never had online because I didn’t have an elctronic file or jpeg. Recently we have been working on documenting all the prints and…
“Brown and Proud” shirts now available from Liberation Ink. 50 % of the profits will go to Puente, a grassroots org in Arizona. Melanie Cervantes has donated her design to…
Three Justseeds members have a exhibit opening this week in Philadelphia, if your in town join us! The exhibit features 50 posters and prints that document the world as we…
Some video footage from the shutdown of the freeways around downtown Oakland. Your browser is not able to display this multimedia content.
We will be participating in a MANIFEST EQUALITY an exhibit which gathers together a diverse array of hundreds of the nation’s most talented visual artists under one roof to celebrate…
This past week was super productive, i printed four posters and drove up to Sacramento for a poster installation. There are a few prints that we had designed for…
This week was super busy, I printed three editions and still had time to run around getting supplies and table at an event to sell some prints. The week started…