Artist: Luis Alvaro Sahagun | Location: Asheville, NC
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Artist: Luis Alvaro Sahagun | Location: Asheville, NC
Asheville, NC
Luis Sahagun was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico in 1982. His grandfather came to the United States in the 1940s under the Bracero Program, working in the U.S steel industry. Sahagun's mother and father found work in the fields in the late 1970s, and Luis was brought to this country in 1985, living undocumented until naturalized in 1995 under Reagan's Immigration Reform and Control Act.
He is a multi-disciplinary artist transforming art into a mystical instrument that bestows a pre-columbian spiritual connection in order to heal wounds of conquest, colonization, and capitalism. Luis has exhibited widely at venues including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Latchkey Gallery NYC, Charlie James Gallery (Los Angeles), among others. Luis has been spotlighted as having a unique voice helping to shape, shift, and touch the world on radio, podcasts, and television networks such as MundoFOX, NBC, UNIVISION and NPR. Luis is 3Arts awardee and a 2023 United States Artist Fellow.
Artist Website
www.luissahagun.com