Pato Muñoz-Vázquez

Lucero “Pato” Muñoz Vázquez (She/her) (b. 1998) is an indigenous Mexican artist nomadically based in the USA and born in Progreso de Obregon, Hidalgo, Mexico. At the age of 4, she became an undocumented immigrant along with her mother, father, and older brother. They immigrated to the Deep South.

Pato’s work explores the nuances of being a queer DACAmented immigrant, having grown up in Gwinnett County, Georgia (aka the deep south). With her most recent work, after having a pivotal homecoming to her hometown in Mexico, she began exploring beadwork through a fusion of indigenous and contemporary practices.

Through different techniques her work represents resistance towards the violent lingering effects of colonialism. She challenges the conventional notions of assimilation by disrupting the norm she was taught to follow out of fear of being undocumented, immigrant, and brown. 

Pato has explored the creation process through acrylic painting, mosaic making, muralism/street art, beading, digital illustration, and mixed media work. She enjoys exploring themes centered around mental health, the human form, and cultural fusion. She values art as a means to connect with people and build community while encouraging safe spaces of open dialogues through artistic experience.