José Ibarra Rizo
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José Ibarra Rizo | |
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| Born | 1992 (age 32–33) León, Guanajuato, Mexico |
| Style | Multidisciplinary |
| Website | www |
José Ibarra Rizo (born 1992) is a Mexican-American multidisciplinary artist based in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
Ibarra Rizo was born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico.[2] He attended Georgia College & State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Drawing and Painting in 2014.[2]
Work
Since 2021, Ibarra Rizo has been documenting the migrant experience in the American South. Through portraiture, he has created an archive that represents a community that is misrepresented and rarely included in American fine art.[3]
As a Mexican immigrant, Ibarra Rizo questions what it means to be American. Through photographing individuals who share a similar experience as his own, he attempts to create a more honest representation of the complexities and collective struggle to reconcile what is lost in culture, language, and history.[2][4]
Ibarra Rizo's work has been featured in TIME Magazine,[5] The New York Times,[6] and Rolling Stone.[7] His work resides in the permanent collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the High Museum of Art.[8]