Jose Zazueta

About Jose Zazueta

Born in Monterrey Mexico. Went to Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua afterwards. Studied pre-k in kinder Cri-Cri. Then middle school in Saint Joseph's School. Did a year in Instituto Mexico in Cd. Juarez. Then did 3 years of high school in Tec de Monterrey. Finished high school in Cathedral high school. Did a year of college in the University of Economics in the Czech Republic. Went back to Cd. Juarez and did a year of college in Utep, transferred to Epcc in El Paso Texas. Then moved to Laredo Texas were I did another year of college in the university of TAMIU. In this moment Im currently working in a family owned business, and using extra time for my painting. My first painting was of a train in Saint Joseph's. Then kept on drawing since then. After finishing high school and doing my first 2 Van Gogh for class. I have been painting since then , influenced by a maid who had the cholo influence and passed it to me since my parent's were working most of the time. She took care of me, and showed me how to do street graffiti. I took those learning's and showed them to my friends in middle school, at that time in middle school the graffiti culture in people enjoying from higher social status was gaining popularity. This worldwide tagging for the sake of the gang wanting to know themselves by doing the better tag or ''bombs'' which are using 3d letters or more complicated ways of letting your self be known by others, also influenced by rave parties which at the time knew exactly what they were for, begun a transition in time, wanting to do the most creative an original pieces, gestures, and partying the most you could do in order to be one of the cool ones. Now with time I have adquired political facts and know that urban or street art known as graffiti without the government consent is punishable. Exempt it doing it with police approval .While still living in Cd. Juarez a border town to El Paso Texas , going from being one of the cities with most violence " Cd. Juarez", to the most peaceful being El Paso Texas. The " naco" influence or in the U.S. being in my own opinion the same like saying cheap or white trash; to this day people using the term ''nice'' as being out of the law in terms of slang or bringing that immigration flukes or flaws as being ''naco'' again when someone hears it being in the U.S. The narco influence also had a personal impact in Juarez being a border town, an a well known point of drug trafficking. Influenced by musical band Molotov saying Mexico Plants the weed and the U.S. as the major consumer. In my own religion learnings... to venerate a picture is with in sin. Which I have trouble with the song from Erick Satie Gypnopiede # 1. Still learning and admiring poses from friend's ; and wanting that American dream to come trough, while having a "doble" nationality.