Artist Zeke Peña will discuss his work "The River Remix," a comic that tells a visual narrative about the detrimental effect border militarization has on the River and the transnational Paso del Norte community. The work documents oral histories, archival research, and speculates on the future of this sacred River.
Bio: Zeke Peña is a Xicano storyteller and cartoonist from El Paso, TX. He makes comics and visual narratives that reclaim stories and remix history about his border community. His work is a mash-up of political cartoon, rasquachismo and Hip Hop culture that addresses identity, politics, ecology and social justice. He illustrated the NY Times Bestselling book Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel and his debut author/illustrator picture book, Sundust will be published in August 2025. He received a degree in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005 and is self-taught in the studio. He has received several awards for his book illustrations and his work is in several collections of American and Latine art including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Museum of Mexican Art, and The Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum.