John M Gutierrez

Im a man who grew up learning to armor myself early. Rough on the outside yet witted and disciplined. Trying to hold my shape in a world that was too soft or too loud. Underneath there’s a laborer, a poet and a brat, someone who sees beauty in the underbelly. I build worlds out of nature and I nurture the neglect. I turn shame and loneliness into style, humor, and art. I walked on the edge between working class and artisan, to see both sides critically and to mirror it back to society.