Meet the Reclamando Our Untold Stories Artists

Tania Figueroa

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Tania Figueroa Martinez is a Puerto Rican multidisciplinary artist whose work bridges memory, caregiving, and the quiet power of emotional inheritance. Through mixed media painting, writing, and occasional sculptural experiments,… Read More

Zulekha Maria Foulen

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Zulekha Maria Foulen is a self-taught Panamanian American artist whose work bridges heritage, healing, and history through acrylic painting, photography, and mixed media. Drawing inspiration from her roots and personal… Read More

Jessica Caldas

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Jessica Caldas (b. 1986, Jacksonville, FL) is a Puerto Rican American, Florida and Georgia based artist. Her work connects personal and community narratives, usually centered on the experiences of women… Read More

Ro Martinez

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Ro Martinez is a self taught Hispanic artist, she works with acrylics in her favorite black and white palette mixing a rainbow of colors to create a blend of her… Read More

IAM

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Iris Agustina Morales (IAM) is a Queer multifaceted artist who intertwines performance, poetry and visual art to conjure the profound wisdom of their ancestors. Embarking on a journey of self… Read More

Jovanna Surillo

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Jovanna Surillo is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores identity, memory, and personal transformation. Working with acrylics abstract art digital collage, mixed media, and poetic text, her art blends visual… Read More

Jean-René Rinvil

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Jean-René Rinvil is a Haitian multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, educator, and cultural advocate whose vibrant works explore themes of identity, memory, and diaspora. Rooted in the rich cultural heritage of Haiti,… Read More

Mario Pagán Morales

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Mario José Pagán Morales is a Nuyorican poet, voice-over actor, spoken word artist, and cultural worker, born in Ponce Puerto Rico, and raised in the South Bronx. His poetry has… Read More

Brenda Segoviano

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Brenda Segoviano, 28 years old. I’m a Mexican-American paper collage artist. I’m passionate about creating art that is personal to my experience as first generation. I like to layer fragments… Read More

Mafe Chinchilla

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Mafe Chinchilla was born and raised in Colombia and now lives and creates in Tampa, Florida. She turned to painting as a form of personal therapy, transforming emotion, memory, and… Read More

Japografo

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Jorge Jaime Montoya AKA “Japografo”, is a Colombian visual artist based in Tampa, Florida, where he has lived for nearly five years. With a background in graphic design and over… Read More

Francesca Escoto

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Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, Francesca grew up in a home of taekwondo entrepreneurs. The family migrated to the US about 37 years ago, and although this has… Read More

Vera Nye

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Vera Nye is a self taught artist. Her main mediums are oil and acrylic paints. She has a passion for using a vibrant color pallet in her work…. Read More

rose cervantes

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rose (she/they) is a Cubana-Americana dedicated to building a loving, inclusive, and beloved community. Born and raised in Key West, Florida, she now calls St. Pete home. A storyteller at… Read More

Rebel Poet

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A conscious Colombian poet, host, art curator, visual artist, and Reiki Master dedicated to using creativity as a vehicle for healing, empowerment, and transformation. Writing has been my lifelong passion,… Read More

Cibby Orozco

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Cibby was born in Guatemala but grew up in California. She is a multi-talented visual artist trained in graphic designing, video editing and screenwriting. When she moved to Florida 11… Read More

Sharee’ Yveliz

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Sharee’ Yveliz is a multidisciplinary artist, poet, and creative director whose work celebrates the vibrant intersections of Afro-Latinidad, neurodivergence, and inner child expression. Rooted in Dominican heritage and raised in… Read More

Addie Rodriquez

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Addie Rodriguez is an emerging mixed media artist with a keen interest in 2D collages and 3D assemblages. In recent years Addie has immersed herself in visual arts as her… Read More

Michelle Sawyer

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Michelle Sawyer is a visual artist from Tampa, FL. She earned her degree in Fine Arts from the University of South Florida and became a multifaceted artist. Sawyer has worked… Read More

ArttbyLexx

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ArttByLexx is a multidisciplinary artist whose work invites deep reflection and emotional connection. Guided by intuition, nature’s rhythm, and ancestral memory, she creates visual narratives that hold space for transformation… Read More

SPIN El Poeta

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SPIN El Poeta is an award winning Guatemalan spoken word artist and Canadian national slam poetry champ. He is a long time youth advocate, arts educator, former refugee, proprietor of… Read More

Tania Torres

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Tania Torres is a Puerto Rican and Dominican non-binary mural artist from Chicago. Through their work, they explore duality, intersectionality and ambiguity. During an artist residency in Sao Paolo, Brazil,… Read More

Adela Salas

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Adela Salas is a visual artist, muralist, sculptor, and designer born in Santiago, Chile. She earned her BFA from Florida Atlantic University and has since cultivated a multidisciplinary art practice… Read More

Arturo Romero (R2ROMERO)

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Arturo Romero (R2ROMERO) is a Mexican American street artist who is known for his distinctive portraits and scenes on currency. Born and raised in Santa Ana, California, he started painting… Read More

AGalban

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Born in Havana, Cuba in 1967, Edel Alvarez Galban, aka AGalban, has always had a fascination with everything artistic. From his infancy he painted everything around him, becoming a threat… Read More

FreddieFred

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Freddiefred is a semi-taught artist whose work is an exploration of his life experiences, blending urban and natural elements with a nod to his Puerto Rican roots. Growing up in… Read More

Ketsy Ruiz (Sketzii)

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I convey the many facets of Puerto Rican ethnic identity and Latin culture in my work. I take photographs while traveling, research, learn, and connect with the people of these… Read More

Javier T Dones

By Javier Dones

Javier’s current work springs from a lifelong passion and fascination for the elements of nature, her power, arrangements, and structures. The medium is metals and chemistry. Copper is the main working material…. Read More

John Gascot

By John Gascot

Queer artist John Gascot, hailing from the Caribbean, traces his childhood roots to Puerto Rico, an origin that fuels his passion for vibrant hues. While he delves into diverse artistic… Read More

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