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Claudio Dicochea

17th Biennale of Sydney | Newsletter Text, 2013-2014 | Newsletter Text, 2011-2012 | Newsletter Essay, 2009-2010

Born in San Luis Río Colorado, Mexico and raised on the Mexican/US border in southern Arizona, Claudio Dicochea works at the intersection of colonialism, art history and contemporary popular culture. Using the model of the 18th century genre of Casta paintings, he examines the concept of mestizaje – or mixed race identity – as well as challenging the ways today’s media and culture stereotypes individuals of color.

Casta paintings recorded the racial mixing taking place in Colonial Mexico by depicting a progression of family units from lightest-skinned to the darkest-skinned – an organization that solidified ideological assumptions about race, gender and class. In his work, Dicochea creates new families in which figures from comics, science fiction, world history, cinema and popular culture mix in an emancipatory fusion of new possibilities. Dicochea has explained: “At the core level, I’m showing that the ideas of race and ethnicity are social processes that are made up rather than natural phenomenon, that they are constructed to exert control.”

Dicochea holds an MFA in painting from Arizona State University, a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Art from San Francisco Art Institute and a BFA from the University of Arizona. His work has been shown at the Denver Art Museum, UCR ARTSblock, Snite Museum of Art (Notre Dame University), El Paso Museum of Art, Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juarez, McNay Art Museum, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), BYU Museum of Art (Provo), Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, ASU Art Museum and was included in the 17th Biennale of Sydney.

Claudio Dicochea - de Margarita y Oscar, las cuatas Rosa y Maria, y el motor del futuro (of Margarita and Oscar, the twins Rose and Mary, and the engine of survival), 2020, acrylic, graphite, transfer, wood, 12 by 12 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de Margarita y Oscar, las cuatas Rosa y Maria, y el motor del futuro (of Margarita and Oscar, the twins Rose and Mary, and the engine of survival)
Claudio Dicochea - de la Chavela y la Residente Permanente, la Multi Pass (of Chavela and Permanent Resident, the Multi Pass), 2017, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de la Chavela y la Residente Permanente, la Multi Pass (of Chavela and Permanent Resident, the Multi Pass)
Claudio Dicochea - de Teniente Comandante y el caso de la reacia liberadora, la Barbaridad (of Lieutenant Commander and the case of the reluctant liberator, the Barbaridad), 2017, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de Teniente Comandante y el caso de la reacia liberadora, la Barbaridad (of Lieutenant Commander and the case of the reluctant liberator, the Barbaridad)
Claudio Dicochea - de Joan y el Reverendo Jones, las criaturas (of Joan and the Good Reverend, the creatures), 2018, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 36 by 48 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de Joan y el Reverendo Jones, las criaturas (of Joan and the Good Reverend, the creatures)
Claudio Dicochea - de Catalina y Diamante, el loberio (of Catalina and Diamond, the wolfen), 2018, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 36 by 48 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de Catalina y Diamante, el loberio (of Catalina and Diamond, the wolfen)
Claudio Dicochea - de Iris y Lyn, la Lupe, la Tesorito, y la Akasha (of Iris and Lynn, the Lupe, the Treasured, and the Queen of the Damned), 2018, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de Iris y Lyn, la Lupe, la Tesorito, y la Akasha (of Iris and Lynn, the Lupe, the Treasured, and the Queen of the Damned)
Claudio Dicochea - de Vicente y Ernesto, la Lucia, la Vero, la Quinceanera, y la Chispita (of Vincent and Ernest, Lucia, Veronica, Adela, and the Little Spark)(SOLD), 2018, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de Vicente y Ernesto, la Lucia, la Vero, la Quinceanera, y la Chispita (of Vincent and Ernest, Lucia, Veronica, Adela, and the Little Spark)(SOLD)
Claudio Dicochea - de Maria y Taylor, las queridas apariciones (of Maria and Taylor, the beloved poltergeists)(SOLD), 2018, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 36 by 48 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de Maria y Taylor, las queridas apariciones (of Maria and Taylor, the beloved poltergeists)(SOLD)
Claudio Dicochea - Ccapac del manana (Ccapac of the future), 2016, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 24 inches
Claudio Dicochea - Ccapac del manana (Ccapac of the future)
Claudio Dicochea - Ocllo de la manana (Ocllo of the morning), 2016, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 24 inches
Claudio Dicochea - Ocllo de la manana (Ocllo of the morning)
Claudio Dicochea - I Want to Believe, 2016, acrylic, graphite, charcoal and transfer on wood, 34 by 16 inches
Claudio Dicochea - I Want to Believe
Claudio Dicochea - de Santanico Pandemonium y el Vaquero, la Vampira del Rio y la Pirateria (of Santanico Pandemonium and Cowboy, the River Vampire and Piracy)(SOLD), 2012, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 72 by 96 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de Santanico Pandemonium y el Vaquero, la Vampira del Rio y la Pirateria (of Santanico Pandemonium and Cowboy, the River Vampire and Piracy) (SOLD)
Claudio Dicochea - At the disco at the end of the world, 2012, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 24 inches
Claudio Dicochea - At the disco at the end of the world
Claudio Dicochea - de Agent Smith y Noa Noa, el joven conductor sistemico (from Agent Smith and Noa Noa, the systemic youth conductor), 2013, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de Agent Smith y Noa Noa, el joven conductor sistemico (from Agent Smith and Noa Noa, the systemic youth conductor)
Claudio Dicochea - de la Agente Federal y el Rojo, la Emperatriz (of Federal Agent and Red, the Empress), 2010, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 2 at 48 by 36 inches each
Claudio Dicochea - de la Agente Federal y el Rojo, la Emperatriz (of Federal Agent and Red, the Empress)
Claudio Dicochea - de la Nortena y el Primer Ministro, la Mutacion (of Northerner and Prime Minister, the Mutation) (SOLD), 2011, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de la Nortena y el Primer Ministro, la Mutacion (of Northerner and Prime Minister, the Mutation) (SOLD)
Claudio Dicochea - de la sonada Jinnia o Jiniri y Super Alma Grande, el sueno salvaje (of the dreamt Jinnia or Jiniri and Super Mahatma, the savage dream)(SOLD), 2016, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de la sonada Jinnia o Jiniri y Super Alma Grande, el sueno salvaje (of the dreamt Jinnia or Jiniri and Super Mahatma, the savage dream)(SOLD)
Claudio Dicochea - De una Diosa y Marcos, el Doble Agente (of a Goddess and Marcos, the Double Agent)(SOLD), 2010, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de una Diosa y Marcos, el Doble Agente (of a Goddess and Marcos, the Double Agent)(SOLD)
Claudio Dicochea - de Amor Prohibido y el Anarquista, el Emcee 2.0 (of Forbidden Love and Anarchist, the Emcee 2.0)(SOLD), 2012, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de Amor Prohibido y el Anarquista, el Emcee 2.0 (of Forbidden Love and Anarchist, the Emcee 2.0)(SOLD)
Claudio Dicochea - de Heart of Darkness (from Heart of Darkness)(SOLD), 2013, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de Heart of Darkness (from Heart of Darkness)
Claudio Dicochea - (Encountering) 20th Century Go to Sleep (SOLD), 2015, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, and transfer on wood, 36 by 24 inches
Claudio Dicochea - (Encountering) 20th Century Go to Sleep (SOLD)
Claudio Dicochea - de la Jacqueline y el Cesar, la Gloria (of Jacqueline and Cesar, G-L-O-R-I-A) (SOLD), 2010, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de la Jacqueline y el Cesar, la Gloria (of Jacqueline and Cesar, G-L-O-R-I-A) (SOLD)
Claudio Dicochea - de Clonacion y el Detective, el Mimico (of Cloning and the Detective, the Mimic) (SOLD), 2011, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de Clonacion y el Detective, el Mimico (of Cloning and the Detective, the Mimic) (SOLD)
Claudio Dicochea - Diceño de chichiMeco (Design of chichiMeco), 2010, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - Diceño de chichiMeco (Design of chichiMeco)
Claudio Dicochea - de la Gran Madre y un Duke, la Hibrida (of the Great Mother and a Duke, the Hybrid), 2010, acrylic, graphite, charcoal, transfer, wood, 48 by 36 inches
Claudio Dicochea - de la Gran Madre y un Duke, la Hibrida (of the Great Mother and a Duke, the Hybrid)

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