Victor Hugo Enriquez
Fine Artist and Muralist
A first-generation American, Victor Hugo Enriquez's upbringing in both Chicago and Mexico instilled a unique and multifaceted perspective that deeply informs his art.
His journey encompasses the discipline and resilience honed as a combat veteran, the insightful empathy developed as a therapist, the practical skills acquired as a tradesman, and a discipleship in Christ. This diverse background underpins an artistic practice that seeks to give glory to God.
Rooted in a foundational training in classical art from the Dutch Atelier of Realist Art, Victor's work demonstrates a meditative attention to detail, texture, and the interplay of light and shadow.
Currently
Victor’s work is being transformed by a continued pursuit of biblical studies and applying a lens of love, mercy, and forgiveness to the world around him.
His work in Reverent Forms was the first in a continued exploration of his studies.
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Not like I’ve seen some people who started when they were very young and kept with it.
I had a taste in first and fifth grade, but it wasn’t until 2017 that someone saw that it would help me. She gave me her art supplies from her time at SAIC and Brown University, and I haven’t stopped painting since.
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Not at all. There were a lot of struggles in the beginning where I did have to rely on trial and error, but after a couple years of struggling on my own I started to seek mentors.
I have received training (in chronological order) from:
Kristy Gordon, Clive Bryant, Todd Casey, the Dutch Atelier of Realist Art (DARA); Kevin Müller-Cisneros, Scott Waddell and Ananda St. Barry of Grand Central Atelier, and Teresa Oaxaca.
Currently, I am pursuing a BFA at Columbia College Chicago
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I’m going to be pretentious and say there is an art to living that definitely feeds my practice, but my foundation—the undercurrent of my approach to life is an exploration of “Who is Christ alive in Victor Hugo Enriquez?”
I’ve been a US Marine, a therapist, a tradesman, a comedian; I’m an uncle, a brother, a son and it’s all in service to sharing love, mercy, forgiveness, and redemption that’s most poignantly exemplified in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
