About Forrealism
A Portal to Contemporary Indigenous American Art
Forrealism is a collective of artists, activists, and educators who view art as education and a key to a peaceful and prosperous future.
The artists represented here make paintings, murals, films, animations, and installations as they seek to beautify the world through these creations.
While public art, art instruction, and community based mural painting has been the foundation of our creativity for over fifteen years, we continue to innovate in paint, digital media. Examples of our work can be found in our On-Line Galleries.
The subject matter of our work for the past decade has been an expression of cultural identity in our modern world, an investigation into the identities of Californians.
From contemporary interpretations of ancient meso-American codex paintings, to satirical calavera (skeleton) paintings in the tradition of Jose Guadalupe Posada, to semiological fusions of cultural symbols, our work has sought to vigorously reassert our indigenous perspective within a multicultural world.
A cast concrete glyph from the REACH Ashland Youth Center, by Eduardo Pineda & Joaquin Newman. A project of the County of Alameda, and an example of the many public art projects produced by Forrealism artists.
Public Art & Murals
The creative collaborative of Joaquin Alejandro Newman, Eduardo Pineda, Evelyn Orantes, and Jerarde Gutierrez is dedicated to nurturing community and creativity. Since 2008 they produced over ten murals, public art installations, and community based art interventions.
A detail from an oil-painting by Joaquin Alejandro Newman, “Dos Calacas y Una Gitana:”, 2015.
Paintings & Prints
Paintings by Forrealism artists Joaquin Newman & Sean Nash showcase indigenous iconography, contemporary Muerto Pop-Art, and mixed
A raptor emerges from a surreal, futuristic vision in this oil-painting by Joaquin Newman
Modern Visions
Our practice of art-making is a ritual of crafting beauty in time and space with the intention of sharing it in the spaces of others. Find your own peace with one of our artworks.