Jesse J. Ruiz

Jesse J. Ruiz is a bi-racial, lesbian artist from San Antonio, TX who paints, draws and makes videos.For Luminaria 2018,Ruiz presented a short animation called Color Coded, which is adapted from a comic she created,Mixed. Color Coded explored the cultural significance of colors and was inspired by a Gloria E. Anzaldúapiece.Mixedisa semi-autobiographical and fictional comic book about the complexities of bicultural, biracial, womxn and queer identity in the Latinx and Asian-American communities.

This project is funded by NALAC.