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(1949-) Tufiño was born in Mexico City and grew up in Puerto Rico. In her youth, she learned graphic arts whiled working with her father, the painter Rafael Tufiño. After earning a B.F.A. from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, she moved to New York City. In 1969, with a group of artists, educators and activists Tufiño founded El Museo del Barrio. Her ceramic murals have been commissioned for a number of public locations including the 103rd Street and Lexington Avenue subway station, the Third Street Music School, and LaGuardia Community College. Tufiño has received numerous awards including one from the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, the 1991 “Outstanding Puerto Rican Professional in the Arts Awards” from the Office of Andrew Stein, New York City Council President and the Association of Hispanic Arts, as well as grants and fellowships from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Torruella Leval, Susana. “[This exhibition at El Museo del Barrio celebrates a public work by a Puerto Rican artist...]”. In Art Underground: A Public Art Project by Nitza Tufiño. Exh. brochure. New York: El Museo del Barrio, 1990.