huitzilin maize
About Huitzilin Maize
Isidro ‘Huitzilin Maize’ Zepeda was born and raised in Southern California.
Drawing wisdom from his Indigenous Mexican roots, his artwork recodifies material realities using ancient and modern technologies, exploring further the spiritual qualities of things, to examine closer how they exist, connect, and interact beyond their physical states, traveling deeper into dreamworld ontologies.
For example, his artwork, Children of the Sun, created in Virtual Reality (VR), was a part of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community’s Lightning Talks on Decolonial Media Art and Beyond 530 years, which was presented in Daegu, South Korea (2022) and Los Angeles, California (2023). In addition, his most recent solo art show, Sueños Nepantleros, exhibited a collection of his digital artworks.
Events & Projects
2023: Artwork featured in official music video for musical artist Mexican Rare Groove: "Ando Bien Crazy"
2023: Artwork featured in official music video for musical artist Mexican Rare Groove: "Mal de Ojo"
2023: Artwork featured in official music video for musical artist Mexican Rare Groove: "La Cumbia Lecumberri"
2023: Artwork featured in official music video for musical artist Mexican Rare Groove: "La Cumbia de las Flores de Magon"
2023: Artwork featured in official music video for musical artist Mexican Rare Groove: "La Sufferistica"
2023: Artwork featured in official music video for musical artist Mexican Rare Groove: "Vientos del Sur"
2023: Artwork featured in official music video for musical artist Mexican Rare Groove: "Caribien Culer"
2023: Artwork featured in official music video for musical artist Mexican Rare Groove: "Tenochtitlan"
2023: Artwork featured in official music video for musical artist Mexican Rare Groove: "Moctezuma"
2022: Pacific and Modern Language Association (PAMLA). Altares Chicanxs. An Exhibition of Decolonial Transborder Art.
2022: Pacific and Modern Language Association (PAMLA). Examining the Indigenous American Identity and Cosmovision of Chicanx Peoples in Southern California. PAMLA Arts Matter Gallery: Contested and Re-visited Spaces and Sites.
2022: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community. Children of the Sun. Short Presentations of Artworks & Research for the Kindred Spirit (SPARKS). Lightning Talks on Decolonial Media Art and Beyond 530 years.
Exhibitions
2023: First Solo Art Show: Sueños Neplanteros Exhibit and Artist Talk in the Crafton Hills College Art Gallery
2023: City of Palm Springs: Art in the Park in the Dark & World Art Day Festival.
2019: Art by Us Exhibit in the Crafton Hills College Art Gallery