Muralist Anthony Jimenez

Anthony Jimenez is a multidisciplinary San Francisco-based artist with a current focus on mural painting. His mediums also include acrylic on canvas, pencil/charcoal, and digital painting/illustration. He uses art to engage and educate his communities, with the goal being to create a dialogue about environmentalism, social issues, human condition, and vulnerability — by exploring themes of nature, politics, self-reflection, & imagination. He does this by creating colorful, dynamic imagery, using movement and shape to evoke an emotional response, with underlying themes when examined more thoroughly. Anthony is a second generation Latinx Mexican-American college graduate, and holds a B.A. in Visual and Public Art from CSU Monterey Bay.

Anthony is the faculty mural artist at Youth Art Exchange where he facilitates learning with San Francisco public high school students, primarily youth of color, to build mural painting and design skills and develop a community-centered practice. Youth from YAX will participate in the painting of this mural, anticipated to fall within the summer internship program.

Key Collaborators

Midtown Terrace Homeowners Association obtained a participatory grant from District 7 Supervisor Melgar’s office to support a mural at the Clarendon Pedestrian Bridge. YAX has been in communication with George Wooding, the MTHOA Board Chair, during the mural development process and the MTHOA has unanimously approved the design.

Clarendon Elementary School worked with Anthony to develop the design concept for the mural. Anthony facilitated workshops with the elementary school students to learn what they would like to see in a mural and how they would design it. The students came up with the iconic San Francisco landmarks and created whimsical animal drawings that are the inspiration for animals throughout the mural.

San Francisco Arts Commission and Sutro Tower have provided funding for this project.

Mural Design

Anthony refined the mural design that was developed in collaboration with the Clarendon Elementary School students and when it was presented to the MTHOA and to school teachers for feedback, there was a request to incorporate landmarks representing the Japanese language and community of San Francisco because the school houses a Japanese Immersion program. The school also requested a husky be incorporated as the school’s mascot in blue. Anthony made these adjustments to the mural design and feels like the mural encompasses the students’ designs well.