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UC Berkeley Latin@ & Chican@ Legacy Celebration

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Art exhibit @ Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley, Sep 19, 2015

Claudio Talavera-BallonSeptember 20, 2015Comment

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Painting Live @ the de Young Museum

Claudio Talavera-BallonOctober 23, 2015

Bay Area Latino Arts Festival @ the Oracle Arena

Claudio Talavera-BallonSeptember 20, 2015

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🖌️ On my easel today: a detail from a new painting in progress — part of my migrant/immigrant series. Still unfolding, still becoming.

#artinprogress #artiststudio #sfart #sfartist #migrantstories #migrantes #immigrantvoices #oilpainting #ta

Another of my newest paintings, “La cosecha también sueña”, has also found its new home this weekend ! 🏡✨ Thank you Patty and David for purchasing this piece and connecting with the heart behind the work 🙏🏽💛

This painti

One of my newest #oilpaintings, “Camisas blancas, campos dorados”, found a new home today in El Cerrito, CA! 🏡✨

Thank you so much to Estella and Gary for supporting my work 🎨💛
This piece honors the strength and dignity of migrant farm

On this International Workers’ Day, I’m sharing newest painting in my series honoring farm workers.

These portraits are a gesture of gratitude—for the strength, endurance, and humanity of the people who harvest our food 🌾.
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🖼️ Hot off the easel and just in time to honor the hands that feed us.

This new oil painting is a tribute to the countless farm workers who labor under the sun ☀️, season after season, so that food can reach our tables 🍎🌽.

They leave their homes

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Day 4 painting this street mural @ Landing at Leidesdorff! Stretching across two blocks with the Transamerica Tower rising above, this design is inspired by the movement and depth of the ocean 🌊—bold blues flowing through the heart of downtown

@missionlocal & @yujie_zz : 🙏🏼Thank you for the interview and for highlighting my work 🐧🐦_truly appreciate the feature and love the map 🗺️!

#talaveraballon #missiondistrictsf #missiondistrictmurals #bayareabirds #sfartist #sfmuralist

🎉 Project Complete! 🎉 Over the weekend, I wrapped up my utility box mural series along South Van Ness and Bryant Streets. With the final additions of a house finch, western wood-pewee, common yellowthroat, and black phoebe, the project is officiall

🌈 The flock keeps growing ! 🌈 This week, I added even more Bay Area beauties to the South Van Ness utility box project in the #missiondistrict #sanfrancisco . Meet the house finch, bushtit, Wilson’s warbler, American goldfinch, western tanage

🌈 The Flock Grows! 🌈 This week, I added even more Bay Area beauties to the South Van Ness utility box project in the #missiondistrict #sanfrancisco . Meet the house finch, bushtit, Wilson’s warbler, American goldfinch, western tanager, lark s

🌟 Painting a Flock! 🌟 I’m working on a series of ten utility boxes on South Van Ness Street, each celebrating Bay Area birds. So far, I’ve painted the crowned ruby, yellow or warbler, and orange warbler—bringing bursts of color an

Big thanks to everyone who came to my artist talk at the @ssflibrary on Saturday! I’m so grateful for how my work resonated with you and for those who shared their personal immigration stories. Your support means everything! 🙏✨
#exhibition ex

Join me tomorrow at the beautiful @ssflibrary! Looking forward to seeing you there!

@ssfparksandrec
#artisttalk #sfartist #artspanartist #talaveraballon #oilpainting #ssflibrary #ssflibraryevent

Earlier this year, I painted ‘Labradores de Esperanza,’ a #mural commissioned for an affordable housing building in Downtown #SanMateo. I’m honored that a few months later, my friends and #collectors Mina and John proposed that I cr

Sketching in beautiful #paraty #riodejaneiro

If you come to #riodejaneiro and love #art, be sure to visit @fabrica.bhering. Nested in a former chocolate and ground coffee factory - the first one ever in #Rio , this wonderful #artcommunity has over 80 #artstudios open to visitors every weekend.

#mural photo session by @spencerbrownphoto! Amazing!

#muralphotography #sfartist #sfmuralist #talaveraballon #bayareamuralist #kikucrossing