Vincent Avalos

Artist Bio

All About Vincent Avalos

1961 Born in Los Angeles California into a Chicano Longshoreman family. Upon my mother remarrying we relocated to Andover Massachusetts when I was fifteen. After high school I entered the Art Institute of Boston where I graduated with honors. I continued to make art while earning a living as a laborer, cabinet maker, finish carpenter, framer, casual longshoreman, and taxi driver. I was a fabricator for Artist John Okulick, then became an art preparator at La County Museum of Art where I learned mount making and earthquake mitigation. I was then hired as the mount maker for the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco where I work to this day. Working at the Asian Art Museum has given me the means to create art without the pressures of the market or cultural zeitgeist. My partner and I had a kid in 2010 and moved to Richmond in 2013 from Oakland. We continue to make art here as a family, both collaboratively and individually.