We are Houston is a juried exhibition of Chicano and Latinx art. Presented by Advocates of a Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts & Archive Complex in Houston (ALMAAHH), The artists in We are Houston were selected by María C. Gaztambide, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Public Art of the University of Houston System, and Gilbert Vicario, Chief Curator, Perez Art Museum Miami. The works in the exhibition span diverse mediums and conceptual touchpoints that demonstrate the wealth of artistic excellence in contemporary art in Houston. Abstraction, figuration, tradition, and innovation are exemplified through 65 artworks by 33 artists living, working or originating in Greater Houston. Loosely defined themes—such as New Vernaculars; Places and Journeying; Life In-Between; Containment, Migration, Trauma; Gender, Self, Fluidity; Resiliency; Remaking and Making Do; and Earth and Cosmos—tie together this incredibly complex body of work.

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About the Exhibitor

Advocates of a Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts & Archive Complex in Houston, Harris County (ALMAAHH) is a new organization dedicated to the creation of a Houston-area cultural and visual arts complex that will showcase, preserve, and expand Latino arts. The complex would support Latino culture and visual arts by creating opportunities to grow locally and nationally as well as helping to elevate Houston as a national hub of Latino culture.

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Artists

Wood Fancher Anthony
Darwin Arévalo
Julia Barbosa Landois
Beatriz Bellorín
Carolina Borja
Angel Castelán*
Paula Córdoba
Sandra De La Rosa*
Luisa Duarte
Gustavo Eduardo
Theresa Escobedo
Ibsen Espada
Nela Garzón*
Suzy González
Valerie González
Celea Guevara
Guadalupe Hernández
Marcos Hernández
Saúl Hernández
Marisa Heymach Cigarroa
Alejandro Macías
Gabriel Martínez
Arielle Masson
Delilah Montoya
Carlos Ocando
Carolina Otero
Susan Plum
Gladys Poorte
Viri Ramos*
Gerardo Rosales*
Henry G. Sánchez
Alexander Squier
Suzy Villarruel

*2023 ALMAAHH - MFAH Studio Visual Artist