Work Experience
Blaster has painted countless walls in his hometown of El Paso, TX. He has also been a part of numerous works and collaborations that stretch from California to mid Texas, as well as Kentucky, Ohio, and Chihuahua. Projects he has worked with have led him to paint in residential and local businesses, public walls, schools, gyms, corporate offices, municipal properties, and more. He has shared his knowledge of spray paint with both emerging and established artists of El Paso and many of them have adopted spray paint as their go to medium. He has participated and shown work in various shows and galleries over the last decade and continues to challenge himself with his ambitious affinity for painting
Photography by Mauro Zubia
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, 2015
Magna Cum Laude Honors Graduate GPA: 3.80
The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
Honors & Awards
U.T.E.P. College of Liberal Arts Dean’s List:Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013
Art Department Outstanding Achievement,Three Dimensional Studio Art 2014
Art Department Outstanding Achievement, Two Dimensional Studio Art 2014
PUBLICATIONS
KVIA7, “ABC-7's Iris Lopez honored with mural following work with ‘Mija, Yes You Can” by Kate Bieri, September 15, 2020
KFOX14, Carpe Diem,
“Urban Arts in the Borderland”
by Erika Castillo, September 2016
El Diario,
“Inmortaliza Muralista el Empoderamiento Femenino” by Sabrina Zuniga, September 15, 2020, Front Page
El Paso Times,
“Paint Progress”, by Rudy Gutierrez, July 28, 2015, Front Page
El Paso Times, “Ready for Chalk the Block this weekend? Here are five things to look out for”, by Maria Cortes Gonzales, October 8, 2019
The New York Times,
“Texas, 3 Ways”, by Robert Draper, November 2014
El Diario, “Rinde Mural Homenaje a Iconos de la frontera”,by Luis Hernandez, March 29, 2018,
Front Page
The Art Avenue Magazine,
Life and Choices, by Aracely Lazcano,September 2013,
Issue 4, pp. 48-51