Meet Jeffrey Miranda | Graphic Artist

We had the good fortune of connecting with Jeffrey Miranda and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Jeffrey, what is the most important factor behind your success?
My large artwork has a dense composition in which I use a variety of imagery is used to record the present, past, and possibly the future. My drawing consists of historical narratives that depict the human condition.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
Jeffrey Miranda was born in 1981 at the border of El Paso/Ciudad Juarez. A grandchild of a Mexican peasant family that migrated to the Southwest Rio Grande Valleys of the U.S. during the Bracero Programs in the 1960s. Miranda grew up as a 2nd generation Chicano excelling in art and world history. He holds a BA in drawing with a minor in Biological Sciences from the University of Texas at El Paso. In 2004, Miranda studied Medical Illustration at Southwestern Medical School, Dallas TX. before obtaining an MFA in Art and Technology from the University of Texas at Dallas. His work has been included in numerous collections and group exhibitions primarily in the Southwest. He is an artist/educator who teaches figure drawing and drawing concepts at the University of Texas at Dallas Visual and Performing Arts Program. Miranda’s artwork rises to show a critical view of social, political, and cultural issues on the border between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. As a native to the borderland region, Miranda’s artwork explicitly sets out to codify current events affecting its people engaging subjects as diverse as the immigration movement, the immigration workforce, and the ‘drug war’.
Miranda has established a graphic vocabulary he has to develop into descriptive illustrations whose themes are combined into visual mural-like installations that often feature mundane cultural, domestic memorable’, cultural icons and historical references. These are most often juxtaposed with whimsical objects, fantastical inventions often synchronized in a mannered repetition layered into collage-like compositional narratives.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
Brasstap near the lake.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
Greg Metz,

Life Mentor, a constant motivator in my life.

Website: artjeffreymiranda.com

Instagram: jeffreymiranda32