Jorge A. Jiménez Jr.

Jorge A Jiménez Jr. is a Mexican-American ceramic artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Jiménez Jr. pays homage to time and family through clay, using old family photos as the blueprints for his ceramic vessels and portraits. By building and painting with clay, he gives mass to personal experiences and emotions, reinforcing the good times and acknowledging the hardships his family has endured. His work is then a testament of his family's existence—an expression of gratitude.