ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES - CHECO DIEGO

Born in 1972 in Mesa, Arizona, artist Checo Diego says his birthplace is a place that gives me a sense of limbo, being stuck somewhere between the Superstition Mountains and the vast city of Phoenix. His father was born and raised in Mexico. Says Diego about his father, An eclectic builder and 'fixer', his ignorance of art, completely pure, lets him make things that are curious and unbeknownst to him. One day he'll build a shower out of found scrap metal; the next, he'll paint the refrigerator a light blue.

Abstract colour studies and points in time hold profound interest for artist Checo Diego. His orchestration of brilliant colours and geometric shapes seem to lead the viewer through time and space - a perceived sequence of events with the painting - resulting in a feeling of structure and physical movement.

I'm agog for the next moment of passage into time, the artist explains with excitement. ...the instant, that no one has yet to realize. About his interests, the artist says, Learning how to play a musical instrument helped me realize my surroundings and feelings on whole different level. I have a much easier time listening to other people's music than looking at other people's art. Music has a more direct potential to give me the 'willies' than a lot of visual art does.

Utilizing form, colour and dimension in his art, Diego brings his own brand of order to chaos. I see my existence as a constant state of transition. A conversion in which every point along its route corresponds with my state at the time. And with those other points that intersect it.