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Nitza Tufiño was born in
Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
in 1949 and is a visual artist.


Background

She grew up in
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...
. In her youth, she learned graphic arts whiled working with her father, the painter
Rafael Tufiño Rafael Tufiño Figueroa (October 30, 1922 – March 13, 2008) was a Puerto Rican painter, printmaker and cultural figure in Puerto Rico, known locally as the "Painter of the People". Early life Rafael Tufiño Figueroa was born on October 30, ...
. During her time at
Academia de San Carlos The Academy of San Carlos ( es, Academia de San Carlos) is located at 22 Academia Street in just northeast of the Zocalo, main plaza of Mexico City. It was the first major art school, art academy and the first art museum in the Americas. It was fo ...
, Tufiño met and was inspired by
David Alfaro Siqueiros David Alfaro Siqueiros (born José de Jesús Alfaro Siqueiros; December 29, 1896 – January 6, 1974) was a Mexican social realist painter, best known for his large public murals using the latest in equipment, materials and technique. Along with ...
. After earning a B.F.A. from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, she moved to New York City.


Artwork

In 1969, together with a group of artists, educators and activists, Tufiño founded
El Museo del Barrio El Museo del Barrio, often known simply as El Museo (the museum), is a museum at 1230 Fifth Avenue in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is located near the northern end of Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile, immediately north of the Museum of the Cit ...
. The museum's façade was the site of her first public mural. Tufiño's ceramic murals have been commissioned for a number of public locations including the 103rd Street and Lexington Avenue subway station, the
Third Street Music School Third Street Music School Settlement is the longest-running community music school in the United States. Founded in 1894, it is at 235 East 11th Street, New York City, New York. Third Street has three main programs: a music & dance school, a music ...
, and
LaGuardia Community College LaGuardia Community College is a public community college in New York City. It is in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens in and part of the City University of New York. LaGuardia is named after former congressman and New York City mayor ...
. Tufino's ceramic mural for P.S. 12 depicts scenes from Brooklyn's West Indian Day Parade, held annually on Labor Day.


Awards

She has received numerous awards including one from the
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund LatinoJustice PRLDEF, long known by its former name the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, is a New York-based national civil rights organization with the goal of changing discriminatory practices via advocacy and litigation. Private ...
, the 1991 “Outstanding Puerto Rican Professional in the Arts Awards” from the Office of Andrew Stein, New York City Council President and the Association of Hispanic Arts, as well as grants and fellowships from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Tufiño's commitment to public art led her to be recognized as El Taller Boricua's first female artist in 1970, and has been involved with El Taller since that time. Nitza is also a member of “El Consejo Grafico”, a national coalition of Latino printmaking workshops and individual printmakers.


References


Further reading

* Espinoza, Martin. (2009, Jan 06)
"20 years later, subway mural project is still a source of pride for the artists."
''New York Times''. New York Times, 06 Sept. 2009. Web. 1 Feb. 2014. * Goldman, Shifra M. et al., eds
"Latin American artists of the USA."
'' Grove Art Online''. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 3 Feb. 2014. * Goode-Bryant, Linda, and Nitza Tufiño. "Nitza Tufiño, Visual Artist."
Artist and Influence
'. 13 (1994). Print.


External links


Artist homepage of Nitza Tufiño
* https://www.nitzatufino.com/about-2 {{DEFAULTSORT:Tufino, Nitza 1949 births Living people Artists from Mexico City Puerto Rican women artists American women ceramists American ceramists Artists from New York City 21st-century American women artists 21st-century ceramists