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Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez describes herself as a “home girl” from San Antonio. Vasquez works as a multimedia artivist (artist/activist), educator, and business owner. She comes from a long line of curanderas (Indigenous healers), but her method of healing is through her art. Currently she is re-imagining and re-imaging through a Xicanx feminist lens the patriarchal cultural myths that position womxn as unscrupulous characters. She also addresses the lack of representation of Xicanx and womxn of colour in the arts and education. Vasquez states that she makes art because she possesses no better method to open minds and hearts.
Vasquez was shaped by El Movimiento, the Chicano/a civil rights movement. Her creation Citlali: La Chicana Super Hero links her ancestral past with her activist present. Her work was recently featured in the LGBTQ+ group exhibition 10,000 Years of Love and Resistance at Bihl Haus Arts, San Antonio. Vasquez is an Associate Professor and Visual Arts Program Head at Our Lady of the Lake University. She received a BA from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She also received a certificate in traditional culture from Universidad Nahuatl in Ocotepec, Mexico.
2012
Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez
Acrylic on canvas | Acrílico sobre tela
205.7 x 132 cm (81 X 52 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of Ansen Seale| Imagen cortesía de Ansen Seale
2017
Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez
Acrylic on canvas | Acrílico sobre tela
45.7 x 60.9 cm (18 x 24 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of Ansen Seale| Imagen cortesía de Ansen Seale
2016
Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez
Acrylic on canvas | Acrílico sobre tela
60.9 x 121.9 cm (24 x 48 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of Ansen Seale| Imagen cortesía de Ansen Seale
2018
Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez
Acrylic on canvas | Acrílico sobre tela
152.4 x 121.9 cm (60 x 48 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of Ansen Seale| Imagen cortesía de Ansen Seale
2018
Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez
Acrylic on canvas | Acrílico sobre tela
121.9 x 91.4 cm (48 x 36 in)
Collection of the artist | Colección del artista
Photo courtesy of Ansen Seale| Imagen cortesía de Ansen Seale
We asked the artist to share their favourite things | Le pedimos a cada artista que comparta sus cosas favoritas
