Enrique Chagoya

(American/Mexican, born 1953)

Enrique Chagoya is an American-Mexican artist best known for his mixed-media paintings and prints. In his work, the artist combines contemporary cultural icons with Pre-Columbian imagery as a means of tackling controversial and politically charged subjects. “For me, it [my work] is a form of visual language that I mix to make visual sentences, which are not necessarily phonetic,” the artist has said. “I try to express my own personal anxieties in my work. When I address the idea of corruption, I corrupt sacred imagery with non-sacred imagery.” He is most commonly associated with his series Recurrent Goya (2015), in which he mocks political dysfunction in the modern world, pointing to the examples of Vladimir Putin, Dick Cheney, and Ronald Reagan. Born in 1953 in Mexico City, Mexico, Chagoya studied economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He moved to the United States in 1977, where he received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from the University of California at Berkeley. In 2013, the artist took part in the exhibition “Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. Today, his work found in the collections of the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaii, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Chagoya lives and works in San Francisco, CA.

Enrique Chagoya Artworks

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The Waters of Oblivion in Mictlán , 2021

Enrique Chagoya

The Waters of Oblivion in Mictlán , 2021

George Adams Gallery

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El Popol Vuh de la Abuelita del Ahuizote..., 2021

Enrique Chagoya

El Popol Vuh de la Abuelita del Ahuizote..., 2021

George Adams Gallery

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Codex Ytrebil, 2022

Enrique Chagoya

Codex Ytrebil, 2022

George Adams Gallery

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Everyone is an Alien, 2023

Enrique Chagoya

Everyone is an Alien, 2023

George Adams Gallery

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Pyramid Scheme, 2009

Enrique Chagoya

Pyramid Scheme, 2009

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Cannibull’s Soup (set of 10)

Enrique Chagoya

Cannibull’s Soup (set of 10)

Sale Date: September 19, 2023

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Homage to Goya II (10 works), 1983–2003

Enrique Chagoya

Homage to Goya II (10 works), 1983–2003

Sale Date: May 9, 2023

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Columbus Brings Some Goodies To Queen..., 1992

Enrique Chagoya

Columbus Brings Some Goodies To Queen..., 1992

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Return To Goya's Caprichos, 1999

Enrique Chagoya

Return To Goya's Caprichos, 1999

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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Face Features, 2000

Enrique Chagoya

Face Features, 2000

Sale Date: April 16, 2022

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The Dispersal of Matter , 2001, 2001

Enrique Chagoya

The Dispersal of Matter , 2001, 2001

Sale Date: February 17, 2022

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Ghosts of Liberty, 2004, 2004

Enrique Chagoya

Ghosts of Liberty, 2004, 2004

Sale Date: February 17, 2022

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Pluribus Recession, 2009

Enrique Chagoya

Pluribus Recession, 2009

Sale Date: December 1, 2021

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We the Jury, 2006

Enrique Chagoya

We the Jury, 2006

Sale Date: August 15, 2021

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Enrique Chagoya

"Another Excessive Objectification of the..., 2009

Sale Date: July 18, 2021

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We the Jury, 2006

Enrique Chagoya

We the Jury, 2006

Sale Date: July 18, 2021

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Untitled, 2010

Enrique Chagoya

Untitled, 2010

Sale Date: May 23, 2021

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Enrique Chagoya

"Border Patrol, 1996

Sale Date: May 23, 2021

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Enrique Chagoya

"History of Surveillance, 2012

Sale Date: May 23, 2021

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Pyramid Scheme, 2009

Enrique Chagoya

Pyramid Scheme, 2009

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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Express Nothing But The Self

Enrique Chagoya

Express Nothing But The Self

Sale Date: April 18, 2021

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The Work Thematizes a Certain Lingering at a , 2009

Enrique Chagoya

The Work Thematizes a Certain Lingering at a , 2009

Sale Date: April 18, 2021

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Flame Boy from the Collective Impressions..., 1998

Enrique Chagoya

Flame Boy from the Collective Impressions..., 1998

Sale Date: November 12, 2020

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The Enlightened Savage

Enrique Chagoya

The Enlightened Savage

Sale Date: March 4, 2020

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