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Wikipedia: Johanna Toruño

Johanna Toruño is a queer, community-taught, printmaking artist known for her political posters pasted in public places. She is inspired by the Black and brown women in her community as well as queer and trans individuals. Toruño aims to highlight historically silenced voices such as that of Black and Indigenous women and queer and trans people. Her art can be found in public places, primarily in New York, but also in Los Angeles and Washington DC. Her posters often include portraits of important Black and brown figures with vibrant backgrounds and some text and flowers to accompany them. Toruño’s work stems from the political posters and murals she saw growing up in the aftermath of the civil war in El Salvador. She hopes her art will spark long overdue conversations about anti-Blackness, homophobia, and transphobia.

Biography (Early Life and Education)

Johanna Toruño was born in 1989 in El Salvador then later immigrated to the United States at the age of 10 to join her mother and escape the violence caused by the civil war. Toruño had wanted to attend art school, but did not see it as a possibility for her so she instead sought to learn from her community.

Art (or Notable Works or Selected Works. Also Exhibitions, Projects, Collections)

• The People’s Alexandria’s Ocasio-Cortez • Niñas Sin Vergüenza • I Woke Up Brown, the Way My Mother & Her Mother Made Me • Black & Brown Femmes to the Front

References

1. ^ [A Day In The Life Of Queer Latinx Street Artist Johanna Toruño] 2. ^ [Artist Johanna Toruño Is Making the Voices of Queer Latinx People Heard With Her Unapologetic Street Series] 3. ^ [Unapologetic: An Interview with Johanna Toruño]

Further reading

• Meet the Latinx Artist Johanna Toruño: NY-Based Creator of LGBTQ+ Street Art

External links

• The Unapologetic Street Series