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Celeste
De Luna
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(b. 1974, Aurora, Illinois)

Celeste De Luna is an artist/printmaker who grew up in the lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Her work seeks to articulate and document personal and collective experiences in the material, spiritual, and supernatural world. Rooted in a Chicana feminist perspective, she aims to tease out the intricacies of living in and along the borderlands in her art, envisioning a fantastical, futuristic frontera.

De Luna is self-taught in printmaking, using the techniques to create artworks that include large-scale woodcut prints and fabric installation. She is a cofounder of the socially engaged art collective Las Imaginistas, as well as being an accomplished home cook and a cultural advocate. Her recipes appear in the book Don’t Count the Tortillas by Adan Medrano, and she herself appears in Medrano’s film Truly Texas Mexican that advocates for traditional food, street vendors, and cultural life ways. Currently De Luna lives in San Antonio with her family, works out of her home studio Metztli Press, and teaches Mexican-American Studies for Northwest Vista College.

Photo courtesy of the artist | Fotografía cortesía del artista

Works in the exhibition | Obras en la exposición

2019
Celeste De Luna
Woodcut and vinyl on archival paper | Xilografía y vinilo sobre papel de archivo
91.4 x 121.9 cm
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of Diego Cruz | Imagen cortesía de Diego Cruz
2016
Celeste De Luna
Woodcut prints, thrifted patches on fabric, sewing | Impresiones xilográficas, parches sobre tela cosida
137.2 x 243.8 cm (54 x 96 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of Mary Kuvet | Imagen cortesía de Mary Kuvet

Selected Works | Otras obras destacadas

2020
Celeste De Luna
 Woodcut on paper | Xilografía sobre papel
91 x 122 cm (36 x 48 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista
2017
Celeste De Luna
Woodcut on paper | Xilografía sobre papel
91 x 122 cm (36 x 48 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of the artist | Imagen cortesía del artista
2019
Celeste De Luna
Woodcut on fabric | Xilografía sobre tela
94 x 163 cm (37 x 64 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of Mary Kuvet | Imagen cortesía de Mary Kuvet
2018
Celeste De Luna
Woodblock on fabric | Xilografía sobre tela
91 x 122 cm (36 x 48 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of Diego Cruz | Imagen cortesía de Diego Cruz

TASTE, READ, WATCH + LISTEN | SABOREA, LEE, MIRA + ESCUCHA

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