Featuring: Cesar Conde

Cesar Conde is a Filipino immigrant shaped by diaspora and Martial Law, has lived between Chicago and Seattle, where early experiences with school integration influenced his socially engaged art. A contemporary realist painter trained at the Angel Academy in Florence and under Patrick Betaudier in France, he also works as an actor, writer, and activist. As a queer artist of color, his work confronts racism, police brutality, nationalism, and environmental crisis through series such as In The Hood, The Bang Bang Project, and AmeriKKKa. He mentors youth, advocates decolonization through the arts, and has exhibited nationally 25 and internationally in galleries, public spaces and museums including The Field Museum, The DuSable Museum, Freeport Art Museum, Museo Naturali Di Scienze Naturali in Turin, Italy, Art Taipei and Miami Art Basel. Cesar is a member of Sinag Art Collective, a group of filipino-american artists based in Chicago and neighboring suburbs (sinag.us). Follow Cesar: IG @cesarcondeart