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Armando Adrian-López

Armando Adrian-López is a self-taught painter and mixed-media assemblage sculptor. He was born and raised in a small village in southwest Mexico, immigrating to the US in 1988. He is a Purepecha native, an indigenous pre-Columbian people with a distinct language and culture dating from at least the 10th century. Armando’s work stems from Mexican folk art traditions often combined with modern and surreal elements and themes. His grandfather was a master basket weaver and craftsman who had a strong influence on the young artist as a child.  A tradition of fashioning dolls from corn husks and twigs to occupy children while their parents worked in the fields inspired Armando to make his first doll at 4 years old. He currently resides with his partner in Abiquiu, New Mexico. Many of the materials used in his 3D Mixed-Media sculptures are collected from their land in rural northern New Mexico. Adrian-López’s work is in the collections of the Museum of Latin American Art, (MOLAA) Long Beach, CA, The National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM, and in private collections worldwide.