Jimmy James Canales

As legend has it, Jimmy James Canales was born and raised in Texas, earned a BFA at the Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston and a MFA at the University of Texas San Antonio. Among his many adventures Canales has romanced a cactus, walked across San Antonio twice, sacrificed a low-rider bicycle, survived a dual with the infamous Mat Kubo, eaten a bluebonnet, conjured Mapache Man, and invented Knife Skin Boots.

Copy courtesy of Artpace.org.