25 Facts About Jazzamoart

Jazzamoart was born on May 28,1951 and is a Mexican artist best known for his painting which is mostly connected to jazz music in some way.

Jazzamoart is best known as a painter with over 400 individual and collective exhibitions on several continents, but he has done monumental sculpture, stage scenery and has collaborated with musicians.

Jazzamoart was born with the name of Francisco Javier Vazques Estupinan on May 28,1951, in Irapuato, Guanajuato.

Jazzamoart is one of seven children born to Rasaura Estupinan and Javier Vazquez Farfan.

Jazzamoart comes from a family of artists, having contact with art from a young age.

Jazzamoart says his childhood home as a gathering place for artists and writers.

Jazzamoart's father is a painter and was his first teacher.

Jazzamoart's father recognized his talent and created a studio for him when he was only six.

Jazzamoart entered the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas in 1969 with Manuel Herrera Cartalla and Gilberto Aceves Navarro among his teachers.

Jazzamoart's grandfather owned the most luxurious salon in Irapuato called El Lujo.

Jazzamoart heard the music and was fascinated and began to draw musicians.

Jazzamoart first began to call himself Jazzamoart at age 20, when he first began collecting jazz records and painting to them.

Jazzamoart is not a fan of New Orleans jazz saying that it is too mellow and lacks intensity.

In 1973, he married Nora Smith, who has since managed the business end of the art as well as the driving as Jazzamoart chooses not to learn.

Jazzamoart began his career selling paintings of generic scenes of Mexican life on the streets of Mexico City.

Jazzamoart has had over 350 individual and collective exhibitions of his work on various continents.

Jazzamoart painted the scenery for a 2005 concert by musician Arturo Cipriano in the Zocalo of Mexico City.

Jazzamoart has done a number of monumental works, mostly sculpture.

Jazzamoart has created oils, graphic art, ink, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, pencil and carbon drawings, sculptures in wood, metal and ceramics, toys, Judas figures, rug designs, masks, stage scenery, pinatas, Day of the Dead altars, and designs for boxes, suitcases, ties, dresses and furniture.

Jazzamoart has said that while other artists have used the music as inspiration, he does not think there is anyone who dedicates as much to it as he does.

Jazzamoart's painting often is a visualization of music with colors and forms substituting for tones and rhythm.

Jazzamoart is a member of the generation of Mexican artists born in the 1950s.

Jazzamoart's work has been described as Expressionist and figurative with an abstract quality.

Jazzamoart even collects saxophones but says he cannot play well.

Jazzamoart has an affinity for Mexican handcrafts and folk art, especially masks which is a recurring feature in his work and the jazz musicians often have mask-like features.