It’s hard to pin down the multidisciplinary work of artist Julio César Morales. If you ask, he will tell you he is a musician using visual art as his instrument. Across mediums, there is one constant: sharing the immigrant experience.

“Each project begins with the subject matter itself and the chosen medium emerges from the question of how best to represent ‘the story.’ This has led me to work across painting, drawing, architecture, video, performance, conceptual practices, music, sculpture, ceramics, neon, design, and even food,” Morales said.

A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute’s New Genres Program (BFA, 1996), Morales began his studies in graphic design at Southwestern City College in San Diego, but everything shifted when he enrolled in a black-and-white photography class.

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