Israel Francisco Haros Lopez is both a visual artist and performance artist.He was born and raised in East Los Angeles, graduated from Roosevelt High School with a 1.59 G.P.A. He is a graduate of Laney and Vista Community College with an A.A. in English Literature . Survided UC Berkeley with a degree in English and Xikan@ Studies and recieved an M.F.A. from California College of the Arts. His work is an attempt to search for personal truths and personal histories and herstories inside of american cosmology. The american cosmology and symbolism that he is drawing from is one that involves both northern and southern america that was here before columbus. The work both written and that which is painted is attempting to mark and remark historical points in the americas and the world.The mark making attempts to speak to the undeniable presence of a native america that will continue to flourish for generations to come. www.waterhummingbirdhouse.com