Specialties
Custom artwork, decorative painting, portraiture, sign painting, murals, graphic design, illustration.
History
Established in 1999.
Forrealism emerged as an artist collective founded by the Bay Area Artists, Joaquin Alejandro Newman, Sean Nash, & Jason Barnes. As a group of mixed indian (native american), Chicano, and African-American artists, we have embraced a multifaceted artistic vision by combining art education, murals, commercial art, and Pop-Art painting production to serve the public, provide resources for our communities, and share our knowledge and talents.
Meet the Business Owner: Joaquin N.
The son of an artist mother and a scientist father, Joaquin's mixed heritage of Yaqui, Mexican, and European ancestry has fueled his creative endeavors his entire life. After studying fine art and digital design at Cabrillo College and UC Santa Cruz, Joaquin now works as a painter, muralist, graphic designer, and illustrator. He has taught digital production at the Academy of Art College, community arts at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, California College of the Arts, and the Oakland Museum of California, and continues to make presentations to many classrooms around the Bay Area. His murals and paintings can be found on many walls and galleries around the Bay Area and the nation, and recently completed a mural series at the Carmen Flores Community Center in Oakland.
Outside of works related to his mixed indian heritage, recent paintings examine the delicate balance between nature and technology, faith and reason, and the Spirit that exists in all things.