This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| "David Botello is best known as one of East Los Streetscapers. A
native of East Los Angeles, Botello co-founded Goez Art Studio and
Gallery, one of the first Chicano art galleries, with José-Luis and
Juan González in 1969. Four years later, Botello was among the
first artists to paint a mural at Estrada Courts. Botello
rediscovered his third-grade art partner, Wayne Healy, in 1975.
As children, their first mural together was about dinosaurs.
Botello left the gallery to paint murals with Healy.
Shortly thereafter, other artists, such as George Yepes and Rudy
Calderón, began working with them, so Botello and Healy changed the
group’s name to East Los Streetscapers. While other artists have
come and gone, Botello and Healy remain the core of the team. In
addition to their many local murals, they have done projects in
Houston, St. Louis and Bellingham, Wash., as well as San Jose and Santa
Maria, Calif. Botello lives in El Sereno, just north of East Los
Angeles."
Source:
Target Corporation website: http://pressroom.target.com/pr/news/community/arts/chicano/chicano-bios.aspx
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