Jaime Muñoz is a draftsman and painter whose practice centers on the intersection of mechanization and American labor. His work explores the relationship between commodity culture, consumerism, and belief systems rooted in capitalism and religion. Muñoz’s imagery unfolds in a patchwork fashion, weaving together the visual language of Southern California with iconography drawn from popular culture and labor history. These references span antiquity and the American Industrial Revolution, as well as contemporary pickup trucks, tools of modern industry, 20th-century labor movements, and parables found in fantasy and science fiction.
Born in 1987 in Los Angeles, California, Muñoz lives and works in Pomona, California. He received his BA from University of California, Los Angeles in 2016. His work has been exhibited in solo and group presentations at museums, galleries, and art fairs across the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.