Hello! I am Joaquin Salinas, a freelance artist that is currently based in Boulder, Colorado.
I’ve been an artist since I drew on the walls of my childhood home. Since then, my passion for it has grown alongside me, evolving into a form of personal expression.
Joaquin Alberto Salinas
A short film about the Chicano Moratorium and the subsequent murder of Chicano journalist, reports, and civil rights activist Ruben Salazar. Thank you. C/S
An article I wrote for the independent Chicano publication, El Diario, about the United States’ first successful school desegregation cases, and the earliest known case to involve Mexican-Americans.
Published by Hindsight Journal - this is a creative non fiction story about the prejudice, self discovery, and radicalization I experienced at the age of eleven years old during the 2016 Presidential Election.
This series is a collection of photographs that captures themore political messages left behind by Boulder residents through graffiti, flags, stickers, etc.