2017
Edition Size: 25
Image Size: 18" x 24" inches
Sheet Size: 22" x 28" inches
Signed
Condition: Pristine
America First is a 6-color screen print designed by Michael Menchaca and printed and published by Julia Samuels at Overpass Projects.
Designed as part of Michael’s larger portfolio, relating contemporary events with traditional motifs, America First comes in response to the Trump presidency and commemorates both Trump’s divisive rhetoric and the precipitated Women’s March.
Sold directly and exclusively from Overpass Projects
$1,200.00
Born in 1985 in San Antonio, Menchaca received his BFA from Texas State University in 2011, and his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015. He has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (ME), Vermont Studio Center (VT), The Wassaic Project (NY), Studios at MASS MoCA (MA), among others. He was a Visual Arts Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center from 2015 – 2016 in Provincetown, MA, and is a recipient of the 2019 National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) Fund for the Arts Grant. From 2019 — 2020, he is traveling across the U.S. co-curating the New York/San Antonio exhibition titled Xicanx: New Visions with Suzy González. Menchaca currently lives and works in San Antonio, TX.
