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In 2013 when the filmmaker and screenwriter [[Ric Menello]] (1952 -2013) died, Pinto designed a mosaic mural in tribute to him at [[Newkirk Plaza]] in Brooklyn, nearby his home in the [[Ditmas Park]] neighborhood of the New York City borough<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bklyner.com/juan-carlos-pinto-on-community-art-living-in-flatbush-ditmas-park/|title=Juan Carlos Pinto On Community Art & Living In Flatbush|date=February 11, 2014|website=Bklyner}}</ref>. Pinto’s work along with other categorizations such as [[Found art|found object art ]]is considered part of the [[street art]] genre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://streetartnyc.org/blog/2013/02/06/speaking-with-juan-carlos-pinto/|title=An Interview with Guatemalan artist, Juan Carlos Pinto|website=streetartnyc.org}}</ref>. His metro card mosaic pieces often celebrate [[International migration|migration]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edgeeffects.net/juan-carlos-pinto-metrocard-mosaics/|title=MetroCard Mosaics Celebrate Migration|first=Juan Carlos|last=Pinto|date=April 30, 2019}}</ref> |
In 2013 when the filmmaker and screenwriter [[Ric Menello]] (1952 -2013) died, Pinto designed a mosaic mural in tribute to him at [[Newkirk Plaza]] in Brooklyn, nearby his home in the [[Ditmas Park]] neighborhood of the New York City borough<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bklyner.com/juan-carlos-pinto-on-community-art-living-in-flatbush-ditmas-park/|title=Juan Carlos Pinto On Community Art & Living In Flatbush|date=February 11, 2014|website=Bklyner}}</ref>. Pinto’s work along with other categorizations such as [[Found art|found object art ]]is considered part of the [[street art]] genre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://streetartnyc.org/blog/2013/02/06/speaking-with-juan-carlos-pinto/|title=An Interview with Guatemalan artist, Juan Carlos Pinto|website=streetartnyc.org}}</ref>. His metro card mosaic pieces often celebrate [[International migration|migration]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edgeeffects.net/juan-carlos-pinto-metrocard-mosaics/|title=MetroCard Mosaics Celebrate Migration|first=Juan Carlos|last=Pinto|date=April 30, 2019}}</ref> |
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Pinto is the recipient of several awards form the [[Brooklyn Arts Council]] (BAC), including in 2025 for his “Brooklyn Recycle Project”.<ref>https://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/what-we-do-grants-2025-grantees</ref> |
Pinto is the recipient of several awards form the [[Brooklyn Arts Council]] (BAC), including in 2025 for his “Brooklyn Recycle Project”.<ref>https://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/what-we-do-grants-2025-grantees</ref> |
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in 2014 and 2022 Pinto was featured on the [[CUNY]] [[Emmy Award]] winning television program “I’m a Dreamer” focusing on his experience and then in turn on his and another artist’s he mentored and their of being a Guatemalan immigrant in [[New York City]].<ref>https://tv.cuny.edu/show/iamadreamer/PR2010777</ref> |
in 2014 and 2022 Pinto was featured on the [[CUNY]] [[Emmy Award]] winning television program “I’m a Dreamer” focusing on his experience and then in turn on his and another artist’s he mentored and their of being a Guatemalan immigrant in [[New York City]].<ref>https://tv.cuny.edu/show/iamadreamer/PR2010777</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 19:48, 21 November 2025
Juan Carlos Pinto (b. 1968) is a Guatemalan-born United Stes artist Brooklyn, New York based mosaic artist who often works in the medium of New York City Metrocards along with other mixed-in materials.[1][2][3]
Pinto shows at the Vand de Plas gallery and Ilon Art Gallery Collection among other fine art venues.[4][5]
In 2013 when the filmmaker and screenwriter Ric Menello (1952 -2013) died, Pinto designed a mosaic mural in tribute to him at Newkirk Plaza in Brooklyn, nearby his home in the Ditmas Park neighborhood of the New York City borough[6]. Pinto’s work along with other categorizations such as found object art is considered part of the street art genre.[7]. His metro card mosaic pieces often celebrate migration.[8]
Pinto is the recipient of several awards form the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC), including in 2025 for his “Brooklyn Recycle Project”.[9]
in 2014 and 2022 Pinto was featured on the CUNY Emmy Award winning television program “I’m a Dreamer” focusing on his experience and then in turn on his and another artist’s he mentored and their of being a Guatemalan immigrant in New York City.[10]
