Sup Foo – Vincent Pacheco

Vincent Pacheco explores ancestral memories through an installation of hand-made piñatas. As a third-generation Mexican-American caught between two worlds--an oppressed minority, and an upstanding citizen in white society-- Pacheco uses this traditional craft to forge new cultural understanding. He embeds each piñata with familial memories, akin to a totem, and aims to forge new connections about his family's crime-ridden past, his fading knowledge of ancestry, and his place in the world.

Artist Bio

Vincent Pacheco is an experiential artist living and working in the Tahoe National Forest of California. In 2010, he left his career as a graphic designer in Corporate America in pursuit of spiritual knowledge rather than monetary gain. He purchased a cabin in the woods, began carving out a path dedicated to art making, and earned an MFA in Art Studio from the University of California, Davis in 2017. Since then, he has shown work both nationally and internationally, and has recently completed artist residencies at MASS MoCA, and Verge Center for the Arts. Pacheco currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Applied Arts at Sierra College in Rocklin, CA and is a member of Axis Gallery in Sacramento, CA.