Ricardo Santos Hernándezwas raised on both sides of the border in Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico in the late 1950’s and 1960’s. Ambos Nogales at that time in history was a one city community and the flow of people and families pride themselves as natives of two countries.
In 1980 Ricardo received a degree in elementary education from Arizona State University and taught for ten years in Laredo and Austin, Texas. He studied art at the University of Texas at Austin and received a full scholarship to study painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA 1996). Santos Hernández is a Chicago visual artist and is currently the curator for the Ambos Nogales Border Art Project and the Río Compartido Santa Cruz River Project sponsored by the Lowe House Gallery in Tubac, Arizona. Ricardo’s vision for the Nogales border is to create a cultural bridge where art is the human language that defies the current political climate on immigration and the razor-sharp wire concertina that was recently installed along the wall that separates the United States from Mexico. His art work has been exhibited in Chicago, Houston, New York City, London, England, and various cities throughout the United States and Mexico. Four themes are present in Ricardo’s work; the non-ending war in the middle east and Afghanistan, the effects of the urban dynamic on the human psyche, the politics of the US-Mexico border and immigration, and the rapid destruction of the environment. For more information visit: www.ricardochicanindio.com |
Hoofprint ChicagoPrint-partners Gabe Hoare and Liz Born formed Hoofprint in 2012. Our studio is located in Mckinley Park, in the Clocktower Industrial Park on Pershing Road.
“Our goal is to edition print-based work that represents a collaboration between the artist and a team of skilled printers. Printmaking is strongly rooted in Drawing, which increases in relevance as its definition expands. Process should extend new possibilities to preserve or transform the autographic mark of the artist’s hand. The techniques we use–lithography, relief, etching and screenprinting–create opportunities to work traditionally or experimentally, and give artists tools to re-contextualize existing themes in their studio practice. The creation of multiples allows more viewers to experience and own original art.” |
Gabe Hoare and Liz BornGabe Hoare works primarily in sculptural installation and assemblage, transforming print-based works into interactive environments. He creates ritual objects that are both sacred and silly, affirming belief whilst simultaneously poking fun. After receiving his BFA from the University of Florida, Gabe went on to assist artists at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and Tandem Press, including Eddie Martinez, Sam Gilliam, and Suzanne Caporael. His work has been featured at venues including the Milk Factory and Co-prosperity Sphere.
Liz Born is a Chicago-based artist. Working primarily in relief and lithography, she illustrates the communion between animals and human-animals. Liz has taught relief, screenprinting, and intaglio at Spudnik Press, The Hyde Park Art Center, and Marwen. Her work has been featured at venues including Heaven Gallery, Woman-Made, and the Jane Addams Hull House Museum. |
Nicole Marroquinis an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and teacher educator whose current research looks at Chicago school uprisings between 1967-74. She has recently been an artist in-residence at the Chicago Cultural Center, with the Propeller Fund at Mana Contemporary, at Watershed, Ragdale, ACRE and Oxbow. In 2017 she presented her art and research at the Hull House Museum, Northwestern University and the Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2015, Marroquin was invited to present research at the University of Chicago in conjunction with the exhibit The City Lost and Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960–1980 and at the Art Institute of Chicago for the symposium The Wall of Respect and People’s Art Since 1967. Her essays are included in the Chicago Social Practice History Series, Revista Contratiempo and AREA Chicago Magazine, and her work is in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Mexican Art. In 2012 her work was featured in the 1ro Bienial Continental de Arte Indigenas Contemporaria at the Museo Nacional De Culturas Populares in Mexico City. She was a Joan Mitchell Fellow at the Center for Racial Justice Innovation in 2014, and she received the Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz Women of Excellence Award in 2011 for her work in her community. She received an MFA from the University of Michigan in 2008 and she is Associate Professor in the Department of Art Education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Anna Hasseltineis a Chicago-based artist and printmaker. Originally from Boston, she graduated in 2015 from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn with a BFA in Printmaking. When Anna is not screenprinting gig posters and fine art prints at Delicious Design League, she is drawing, carving, and printing woodcuts, linocuts and screenprints at Hoofprint in McKinley Park. Anna is fascinated by wildlife and animal behavior, and finds herself searching the depths of flora and fauna to help resolve life’s unanswered questions.
Her prints draw inspiration from literary works such as Shakespearian tragedies to Aesop’s Fables. Anna has a particular interest in innate animal behavior and how animal instinct manifests itself in our human conduct and interactions. The animals in her work become metaphors for our daily life on a personal, national, and global level. Power struggles, aggression, predator-prey relationships, and the battle for survival are common themes and concepts explored in her work. |
Olssen is a Mexican actress, graduated from Centro Teatral Virigina Fábregas. She works as a theatrical and musical actress and voice artist. She has participated in projects such as Una noche en el Edén sidereal, Un solo ideal, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, In the Heights, 12X10, The Pirates of Penzance, A Beautiful Fight, La Risa de Dios 2019 and has dubbed in Spanish for TV series, video games and films such as Sesame Street, Fat Princess Adventures, Counterfeit Cat, Game of Thrones, American Crime, Veep, Fénix y Koe no Katachi.
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Román, originally from Morelos, México, arrived to Chicago in the late 90s. The films and books of Alejandro Jodorowski motived her to cross the threshold into the arts. This is her third time presenting on the stage: her first performance was in 2017 as part of the cast of El huerto, produced by El Quijote and then she graced the stage again in 2018 with the play Camazotz by Colectivo El Pozo.
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Jessi RealzolaRealzola is a Chicago based comedic actor, writer, improvisor, and producer. She has graced the stages of Steppenwolf, Second City TC, iO Chicago, Annoyance, The Den, The Crowd Theater, The Playground Theater, CIC and many more. Jessi’s performer credits include video sketch for KneeSlapz Produckshuns, Love Rules and Pre-Existing web series, various sketch shows, film festivals throughout the year, CSBF performer, Chicago Women’s Funny Festival, Femprovisor Fest, and improv with Las Tinas, Ratas de Dos Patas, Heraldo, and Concsious Pontius. Jessi uses her rich Mexican background as a source for inspiration in her characters and as material when she’s creating original sketch and web pieces. She has produced variety comedy shows all over Chicago that focus on highlighting diverse and underrepresented talent. Jessi believes that building shows for minority and diverse talent is important for the growth and advancement of art as a whole. Jessi owes her success in comedy to the love and support from her family and friends, but most importantly, her husband Luan.
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Abigail PiñonPiñon is a Chicago-based actor who enjoys performing/ writing/producing/directing comedy, improv, and theatre all throughout the city. She is extremely thrilled to be playing with her amores, Ratas de Dos Patas! Currently, you can find Abigail performing with Cosmic at CSz Theatre in Chicago. In Chi, she has graced such stages as The Second City TC, The Playground, The Crowd, The Annoyance, iO, CIC, CSz, Otherworld Theatre, Steppenwolf, and more! She has also performed in a variety of short films, web series, and online media in Chicago, New York, and L.A. Additionally, Abi is a Legacy Coach at the CMI Leadership Summit based in Toronto and a Teaching Artist at The Warehouse Project & Gallery based in her hometown of Summit. “Shout-out to us Summit kids chasing our dreams!” She’d also like to give a shout-out to her family and friends who’ve supported her every step of the way, “Especially mi mamá, papá, y hermano who’ve always made me feel like anything is possible.” For more of Abi’s adventures, follow her on instagram @abigailpinon!
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Kendra JamaicaJamaica is a Chicago based comedic actor, improviser, and writer. Being a proud Mexican woman, her desire to be with other likeminded personalities led her to put together the baddest improv troupe you’ve ever seen! An honored member of Ratas de Dos Patas, she is grateful to have made great strides alongside these women. She has been seen on a number of stages around the Chicago, recently in Huggable Riot’s 22nd Review and The Annoyance Theatre’s production of “Splatter Theatre”. She is/was a member of Valid Hysteria, Generation Latin X, and The Annoyance Theatre’s House short form team. Originally from Chicago, the amazing cultural arts scene led Kendra to actively pursue acting and comedy and has been lucky to have performed at some companies such as Steppenwolf Theater, The Annoyance Theatre, iO Theater, SecondCity, Laugh Out Loud Theater, The Playground, The Crowd, Stage 773, and The Den.
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Marilet MartinezMartinez is a San Francisco native, actor, improviser, teaching artist(with an emphasis in trauma informed practice), fight choreographer, puppeteer, Zumba instructor, nacho enthusiast, Leo Sun/Moon Scorpio rising, bruja homegirl. Her mission is to play, educate, uplift the community...and to dismantle systems of oppression to create a more equitable society. She is a co-founder of the Bay Area Latinx Theatre Artist Network (BALTAN) and a member of the "Yeah I Said Feminist" Theatre Salon. In The Bay, Marilet has performed with ACT’s The Strand, Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor, Calshakes, the Magic Theatre’s Virgin Play Series, Theatreworks’ New Plays Festival, the Tony award winning San Francisco Mime Troupe, Shotgun Players, Crowded Fire, Teatrovision, Word for Word, Impact Theatre(company member)and an associate artist with the Cutting Ball Theatre. Sheworks as an on-call as Master Teaching Artist for Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre creating interactive social/emotional health programming for young people. She has performed improv as part of Leela’s Armando Company, Leela’s Pie Team True Medusa, the all-female Harold team Sorry Not Sorry and her duo with Marcia Kailian Pura Pocha. She has performed in SFIF, Femprovisor Fest and Improvaganza Hawaii. In Chicago, Marilet has played on the ALTA (Alliance for Latinx Theatre Artists) award nominated teams: Ratas de Dos Patas, Improvisexation, and (winner) Generation Latinx. She has also performed at iO, Laugh Out Loud Theatre, CIC. She is an ensemble member at Comedy Sportz Chicago. Follow her on Instagram @mariletmartinezsf and @ratas_de_2_patas
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