MI CORAZÓN / MY LOVE (2020)
Mixed media on canvas
18" x 24"
REST (2022)
Color pencil on paper
18" x 15"
Nicholas Jimenez
UOVO San Francisco
Nicholas Jimenez is a Chicano artist in several mediums including visual design, graphic design, photography, and video. His commercial work has been used by the City of San José, History San José, MACLA /Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, San José State University, Fundbox, and Snapchat. His personal visual artwork deals with social issues such as homelessness, immigration, and first-generation experience. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design with a focus on product design and development from San José State University in 2021. He has recently self-published a poetry zine, AWAKEBUTSTILLINBED: Miranda stares at the ceiling, about his first-hand experience as a Chicano with vitiligo grappling with love, lust, depression, and self-fulfillment.
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Awards and Recognitions
Finalist & Award Recipient - History San Jose, History Park Artist Commission (2024)
Finalist & Award Recipient - City of San Jose, City's Office of Emergency Management/Fire Department Training Center (2024)
Finalist & Award Recipient - San José Public Art Committee, Holding the Moment Exhibition (2020)
SPEAK UP Grant Recipient - Knight Foundation (2019)
SJCA Style and Culture Web series (2019)
Content Magazine, 50 Profiles Issue: Artists/Businesses (2018)
Showcasing Artist - MACLA/ Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, 20th Annual Latino Art Auction (2018)
SJ Made Screen Print Showdown Winner (2016)
Best in Photography Award - San Jose City College (2015)