MARKA27 Champions the Immigrant Hustle with Neo-Indigenous Art

From the concrete walls of East Dallas to the prestigious halls of contemporary art, Victor marka27 Quiñonez has spent decades proving that the streets are a sacred archive. For Quiñonez, graffiti and skateboarding were vital survival mechanisms and an escape from an environment imbued with mass incarceration, violence and immigration enforcement. He was raised in a resilient community where neighbors looked out for one another during sudden deportations and street vendors offered free tamales...