John Miranda, En Camino, Installation view, 2023.
BORN 1979, DEL RIO, TEXAS. LIVES AND WORKS IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
John Miranda (born 1979, Del Rio, TX) is a Fort Worth-based, Chicano painter. He received his BFA in Painting from the University of Texas at Arlington (2016) and his MFA in Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Tyler (2020). Miranda’s artistic practice draws on his experience growing up on the Texas-Mexico border, referencing Chicano vernacular aesthetics from Barrio art, Mexican folk art and the surrounding environment.
In 2021, Miranda staged his first solo exhibition, Movidas: New Work, at Cluley Projects in Dallas, Texas. Since then his work has been presented at Dallas Art Fair, Untitled Art Fair in Miami, and the Michelson Museum of Art. The artist has been featured in D Magazine, Dallas Morning News, Glasstire, KERA Art & Seek and other online publications.