Bio

JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ (J.L. GOEZ)
HAS OVER FIFTY YEARS IN THE FIELD OF FINE ARTS AS A DESIGNER, PAINTER, MURALIST, SCULPTOR,
RESTORER, APPRAISOR, CERAMIST, IMPORTER AND ART ADMINISTRATOR.

Jose Luis Gonzalez has devoted his lifetime to the recognition and training of Chicano artists in the
United States, with results that have won him international acclaim.

His objective is the recognition of artists and the development of the fine arts, through the
continued promotion of community awareness and the participation in the arts process, to create an
environment where artists can intermingle, learn from one another, and help develop the talented
youth in the area, while practicing the motto of "EDIFICATION THROUGH BEAUTIFICATION".

Even before graduating from Don Bosco Technical Institute, in June of 1959 he was already working
in various areas in the fine arts, gaining experience and practicing at
Fusek's Studio as a designer, painter, restorer, and installer of religious art in the late fifties, where
he was first exposed in the newspaper for having restored an 11-foot statue of Our Lady of
Guadalupe (1) (2)used for Mary's Hour in the field of the Coliseum.
Sculptor Herald Wilson of La Jolla originally made the statue.

During his 12 ½ years at Fusek's studio Gonzalez designed, produced, and installed crosses,
pedestals, brackets, stations of the cross, nativity sets, hand carved wooden statues, and hand
sculpted marble statues, for Churches schools and religious institutions throughout Southern
California and into Las Vegas Nevada.

One of his earliest accomplishments was the restoration of a beautiful painting by Flemish Artist
David Teniers The Younger a Painter of the Flemish Baroque Era Son -in-Law of Jan "Velvet" Bruegel
from 1610-1690, for the famous Metcalf Gallery in Pasadena, California.