Oree Originol

Oree Originol (born 1984 in Los Angeles, California) is an artist and activist working in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Originol's work has been included in exhibits at the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,[2] the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA),[3] and the Oakland Museum of California.[4] In addition, his portraits of victims of police violence have been used in social justice demonstrations in the Bay Area and other locations.[5]

Career

Oree Originol's parents, immigrants from Mexico, raised him in Los Angeles, California.[6] He moved from Los Angeles to the Oakland, California in 2009 to show his work in Bay Area galleries.[7][8] In 2012 Originol joined Culture/Strike, an arts-activism nonprofit led by Favianna Rodriguez.[6] At roughly the same time, he also met prolific, political poster artists from the Dignidad Rebelde collaboration, Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes.[6]

In 2012, the Justseeds Artists' Cooperative included his work a published portfolio or handmade prints, Migration Now.[9]

In 2015, the nonprofit organization BRIDGEGOOD featured Originol's work on their region-wide digital media campaign, Inspire Oakland. In December 2020, BRIDGEGOOD honored him at their annual fundraising celebration, RESILIENCE.

Originol began creating black-and-white portraits of victims of police violence following a 2013 vigil for Oscar Grant.[6] He went on to create many more portraits and makes them free for download from his Justice for Our Lives project.[6]

References
  1. "¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  2. "Take This Hammer: Art + Media Activism from the Bay Area". YBCA. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  3. "The Art of Raging Against the Machine". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  4. "¡El Movimiento Vivo! Chicano Roots of El Día de los Muertos | Oakland Museum of California". museumca.org. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  5. "Bay Area artist's portraits serve as backdrop to Black Lives Matter movement". The San Francisco Examiner. 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  6. Burke, Sarah. "The People's Portraitist: Oree Originol". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  7. "Oree Originol". Praxis Center. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  8. "Portraitist Oree Originol Honors People of Color Killed by Law Enforcement". KQED. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  9. Migration now : a print portfolio of handmade prints addressing migrant issues. Pittsburgh, PA: Justseeds Artists' Cooperative. 2012.
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