José Delgado Zúñiga

José Delgado Zúñiga (b. Ventura, CA) is an artist whose work engages history, autobiographical narrative, and community memory. Drawing from lived experience and the cultural memory of the Latin American diaspora, his practice emerges at the intersection of sound, memory, and image, creating visual narratives that echo the storytelling power of corridos.

Delgado Zúñiga earned an MFA in Painting from Columbia University and a BFA from Otis College of Art and Design. Notable exhibitions include Central Sounds, (Luhring Augustine, New York City 2022), IN THE KNOW, SHOW (GreenFamily Art Foundation, 2024), CUSP (Marquez Art Projects, 2023), and Fire Figure Fantasy (ICA Miami, 2022) He is a recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant and the Robert Gamblin Fellowship, and has participated in the Bronx Museum’s Artist in the Marketplace program. His work is in the collections of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Marquez Art Projects; The Herbert and Lenore Schorr Collection; and the Hessel Bard Museum of Art. He lives and works in Miami.

Website: www.studiozuniga.com