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David Tineo (born May 23, 1955) is an American artist of Mexican descent whose works focus on cultural and identity issues particular to Mexican Americans who live in the U.S. Though internationally known, most of Tineo’s life and career has been spent in Tucson, Arizona. He was diagnosed in 2004 with a macular degeneration that left him legally blind, but continues to paint and sculpt. == Early life == Tineo was born in Douglas, Arizona, a small town on the U.S.-Mexico border. His father, Patrick Tineo, a Portuguese immigrant whose own father entered the United States via Ellis Island, was mistakenly deported to Mexico when he was a young man, where he met and married Ernestina Figueroa, the woman who became David’s mother. David’s family moved from Douglas to a barrio in west Tucson in 1959. His father separated from the family in 1969〔Mussari, Mark (“Spotlight on the Arts: David Tineo” ), ‘’Tucson Guide’’, pp. 41-42, Madden Media, LLC., Fall 2011, Vol.29, No.3〕 after which Ernestina sold tamales, cleaned homes, took in ironing, and worked various housekeeping jobs to raise her seven children while simultaneously learning English.〔Beal, Tom (“The end of one chapter in artist's life” ), ‘’Arizona Daily Star’’, 2006-12-25〕〔Beal, Tom (“As the light fades” ), ‘’Arizona Daily Star’’, 2006-01-22〕 Tineo’s prodigious artistic abilities were evident early in life. His parents submitted samples of his artwork to various national art contests, all of which were rejected by judges who refused to believe they’d been drawn by a child.〔 Tineo’s artistic talent was also recognized by his teachers, who encouraged its development throughout Tineo’s elementary, middle, and high school years.〔Carroll, Susan (“Art the light of his life” ), ‘’Tucson Citizen’’, 2006-01-12〕 He began to seriously study ceramics, human anatomy and figurative drawing at Cholla High School, from which he graduated in 1974.〔 This ability to represent form in three-dimensional space would later help him continue producing art after his vision began to fail. Tineo received a Pell Grant after high school〔‘’¡Viva David Tineo! A Retrospective of Tucsons’s Muralist and Art Educator’’, Tucson Museum of Art, February–July, 2010, ISBN 978-0-911611-38-0. Knight, Robert E., “Cruzando Fronteras: The Art of David Tineo”, pp. 6-9; Bercht, Fatima, “A Retrospective of Tucson’s Muralist and Art Educator”, pp. 10-11; Moss, Zahra, “The Evolution of Chicano Politics in the 1980s: Tineo as Cultural Activist”, pp. 12-13; Bercht, Fatima, “In the Beginning: The Tucson Museum of Art and the Mural Nuestras raíces humanas and Nuestro futuro”, pp. 14-16; “Artist’s Biography and Timeline”, pp.51-56〕 to study ceramics at Arizona Western College in Yuma, Arizona, then transferred to Pima Community College in January 1976 to complete his studies in Tucson and be near his family. During the summer between high school and college he’d become involved with the newly constructed El Rio Neighborhood Center, where he’d met and befriended Antonio Pazos, an older, more experienced artist and former member of the San Diego Chicano activist/muralist group Toltecas de Aztlan. Tineo and Pazos would later collaborate on Nuestras Raíces Humanas, one of Tucson’s largest and most famous works of mural art.〔 While taking painting classes at Pima College he renewed his ties with the El Rio Neighborhood Center and in 1976 was asked by them to paint a mural, Tineo’s first, on the building’s central patio, where it remains today.〔〔Miller, Tom (“The Bold Murals of Tucson’s Streets” ), ‘’New York Times’’, 1990-03-04〕 In the fall of 1976 Tineo joined the U.S. Army and was assigned to the S3 (Military) Operations Unit of the 3rd Infantry Division stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany, where he was promoted to the rank of specialist and his skills applied to cartography and the production of presentation materials to upper-level officers. Tineo was honorably discharged from the Army in 1979.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Tineo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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