MONTERRUBIO
My career started like most dreamers…work, create, wine & love. Not necessarily in that order. I wanted that romanticized bohemian life…the Artist life. I was a nomad. I worked in the fields with my father. Moved to the Bay Area. Grew up in Tampico, Mexico. Graduate school in Texas. An art residency at the Arts Students League in New York. Roamed around in Paris, Madrid, & Rome one summer and eventually returning back to my roots in Central California. In talking about my artistic roots, my grandfather Victor Monterrubio once said to me as a young boy, ‘El arte lo tienes en tu sangre’ (‘Art is in your blood’). My grandfather was an illustrator for Coca-Cola in Mexico for more than 40 years and I didn’t fully understand the phrase, but with time and experience I learned the truth about what he said. With his direction, I discovered an art portal to both peace and purpose. Art allows me to release and express my artistic creativity. It allows me to go into a sphere where only I have the key. My art comes from within. It comes from what I have seen and digested. It comes from ethereal feelings and surreal moments. It comes from love and pain as well as laughter, memories and tears.
I believe my artworks are ambassadors from the little misunderstood realm of my imagination and in this realm my images materialize and exist in my work and heart. They have become my offspring.
This journey started as a child and growing into adulthood with many learning experiences – some good and some heartbreaking. Life teaches us lessons. We must accept. We must learn. We must grow.
Diego Gutierrez Monterrubio M.F.A.
I believe my artworks are ambassadors from the little misunderstood realm of my imagination and in this realm my images materialize and exist in my work and heart. They have become my offspring.
This journey started as a child and growing into adulthood with many learning experiences – some good and some heartbreaking. Life teaches us lessons. We must accept. We must learn. We must grow.
Diego Gutierrez Monterrubio M.F.A.