Ismael de Anda III

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Artist statement

Using mutant practices including digital photo-collage, drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, and interactive, site-specific projects my work is inspired by my pluralistic upbringing on the U.S./Mexico border and living in Los Angeles. My personal concept of the mutant, a condition of unexpected evolution, was born from my adolescent reading of X-Men comics that featured mutant outsiders/anti-heroes whose special abilities set them apart, as well as my own Mexican-American ethnicity. The mutant refers to mixing of artistic processes and the potential of the multi-ethnic existence of those living in the U.S. in exchange with diverse world cultures as a blend of developing culture not yet forecasted. Often my works are site-specific, inspired by the communities in which they are created, using locally sourced materials.

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