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Irene Perez is a muralist from Oakland, California. Her most prominent work, “Maestrapiece,” a mural on which she collaborated in San Francisco's mission, is the subject of the book, “Maestrapeace : San Francisco's monumental feminist mural” by Juana Alicia, Leticia Hernández-Linares, with a forward by Angela Y Davis.
Education and Family:
Irene Perez currently lives in Oakland, CA. Her mother, Maria del Refugio Perez, is from Zacatecas, Mexico, and her father, Estanislao Alanis Perez is from Sierra Blanca, Texas. Perez attended school in the Bay Area; she attended the Academy of Art with a focus on illustration and attended the San Francisco Art Institute for printmaking before co-founding “Mujeres Muralistas.” “Mujeres Muralistas” is an all-female Chicana muralist group based in the Bay Area which has worked on notable projects including “Maestrapiece.”
Notable Works:
Irene Perez is most known for her contributions to the group artwork, “Maestrapiece,” in San Francisco. The mural’s canvas is the Women’s Building in the San Francisco mission district.
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