GEORGE YEPES
Biographical Information
Yepes (born 1955) was born and raised in the City Terrace neighborhood of East Los Angeles. He earned a degree in business administration at California State University, Los Angeles, while taking painting classes at night at East Los Angeles College. He then started his own financial planning business, working for several years as a part-time muralist and a full-time accountant. Between 1979 and 1985 he was one of the East Los Streetscapers. Since 1988 his works on canvas have been exhibited in group and solo shows in several local galleries and museums. In 1992 Yepes established the first free mural art school in Los Angeles-Academia de Arte Yepes. In early 1998 he completed a 68-foot vaulted ceiling mural for the Golden State Archives Museum in Sacramento.
Mural Credits
Birth of a Warrior (Nacimento de un Guerrillero) (photo)
Book of Dreams (photo)
East L.A. YMCA Mural
Lady of the Eastside (Mujer del Este de Los Angeles) (photo)
Land of My Fathers (Tierra de Mis Padres)
Mustang
Birth of a Warrior (Nacimiento De Un Guerrillero)
The Phoenix of South Central
The Resurrection (St. Mary's)
The Resurrection (St. Gertrude's)
Sages of Wisdom and Power
Spartans (photo)
Tikkun Olam — To Repair the World
El Tepeyac de Los Angeles (photo)
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