Sam Coronado
began his career as an artist in 1969, when he was hired
as a technical illustrator at Texas Instruments, and has
worked in the graphic arts field ever since. He has owned
art studios in Dallas, Houston, and Austin, and has illustrated
books and magazines in the United States, Mexico, and
France. He has created logos for companies such as the
Pedernales Electric Cooperative and has illustrated magazine
articles for Hispanic Magazine.
Coronado is a painter turned printmaker. He started painting
in oils and acrylics and has experimented in various media
including printmaking techniques, which eventually led
to his latest endeavor, Serigraphy. His graphic art skills
have always kept his Fine Art alive and well. His artwork
has been exhibited in the United States, Mexico, Europe
and Africa.
In Austin, Texas, he was a co-founder of Mexic-Arte Museum,
the state's official Mexican and Mexican-American
art museum. He also founded the Serie Project, a non-profit
organization with a mission to create and promote serigraph
prints created by Latino artists and others in a workshop
environment. Artists from Texas, the United States, and
abroad have participated in this project. In conjunction
with Coronado Studio, a print shop that produces screen-prints
exclusively, the Serie Project administers and produces
fine art prints, which travel at exhibition venues around
the world.
Since 1986, Coronado has taught art and lectured on Chicano
art in numerous museums, art schools, and universities
throughout the United States. He is currently a
Professor at Austin Community College in the Visual Communication
department in Austin, Texas.
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