evita cortez

Ask me anything   my name is evita. this is my art. my images are informed by symbols, myth, contemporary tattooing, skateboard culture, and Aztlan. i'm from the city of hate.

maria.evita.cortez@gmail.com

making a sculpt for a candle mold. this will be used as a prop in a performance piece.

— 2 months ago with 1 note

I just started an internship at the Dallas Contemporary, and I got the chance to help DZINE’s studio assistants work on two chandelier sculptures. Here are two pics of the works in progress, and a photo from DZINE’s site of an earlier finished piece. 

— 4 months ago

@ index skateshop, dallas, october 2010

all designs glow under uv light

— 4 months ago with 4 notes
#skateboard  #art  #flourescent  #geometric  #hand  #of  #fatima 

video/gif installation at nerv gallery september 2012

totonix does the new aesthetic

— 4 months ago with 3 notes
#video  #installation  #projection 
these are almost done. i work on 5 things at once.

these are almost done. i work on 5 things at once.

— 11 months ago with 2 notes
#collage  #studio  #shapes  #neon 
we are what we behold
collage, drawing 2012

this took over 16 hours to make

we are what we behold

collage, drawing 2012

this took over 16 hours to make

— 1 year ago with 265 notes
#drawing  #collage  #ink  #hot pink  #eye  #flourescent  #hand  #triangles  #gradient 
who we once were, who we can be again
collage 2012

who we once were, who we can be again

collage 2012

— 1 year ago with 3 notes
#neon  #fluourescent  #collage  #eye  #triangle  #gradient 
Heart of Old God  2012

i really like that my piece was hung next to the rick santorum urinal cake photo
lasercut paper, on exhibit atFamily Business Gallery, 520 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10011

Heart of Old God  2012

i really like that my piece was hung next to the rick santorum urinal cake photo

lasercut paper, on exhibit atFamily Business Gallery, 520 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10011

— 1 year ago with 3 notes
#maurizio  #cattelan  #family business  #itsa  #small  #small  #world  #hennessy  #youngman 
this terrible individualism must inevitably have an end, and all will suddenly understand how unnaturally they are separated from one another

ink and collage, 2012

this terrible individualism must inevitably have an end, and all will suddenly understand how unnaturally they are separated from one another

ink and collage, 2012


— 1 year ago with 3 notes
#eye  #gradations  #duality  #dostoevsky  #black  #white  #diamond 
The More Things Are Understood, The Less They Are Enjoyed
ink 2011

Blake Ward owns this

The More Things Are Understood, The Less They Are Enjoyed

ink 2011

Blake Ward owns this

— 1 year ago with 2 notes
#hand  #eye  #black  #white  #gradations  #adorno 
3 years old. collage. acrylic & gouache.

3 years old. collage. acrylic & gouache.

— 1 year ago with 2 notes
#hand  #gold  #blue  #eye  #rainbow 
this is 3 years old. acrylic on found cardboard (i.e. trash)

Josh Vance owns this

this is 3 years old. acrylic on found cardboard (i.e. trash)

Josh Vance owns this

— 1 year ago with 2 notes
#triangles