Sept 2022

Brown Enough

By Hector Ornelas

Artist Bio:

Héctor Ornelas is a first generation Mexican-American artist who lives and works in Portland. His work explores identity and belonging, examining his own navigation between two cultures Ian’s between borders (in Spanish, ni de aquí me de allá). Ornelas juxtaposes eclectic imagery from popular culture to invite Viewers into conversations of fluidity, positionality and sense of self. He received his BFA from Portland State University in 2017 focusing on Painting.