Aztec Stories in Modern Mexico: An Inocencio Jiménez Chino Retrospective explores five decades of the artist’s practice through paintings, video interviews, audio recordings, and artist tools including handmade brushes and amate canvases. Chino’s first-ever retrospective, this exhibition traces the artist’s evolution from early works on board to protest line drawings from the 1990s and newly completed narrative amate paintings that capture, with remarkable intimacy and detail, daily life in the Balsas River Valley of Guerrero, Mexico.

Rooted in Nahuatl storytelling and cultural preservation, Chino’s work bridges ancient and contemporary traditions, offering profound insight into Indigenous culture, community, and craft. The exhibition presents not only finished artworks but also the process behind them, featuring video interviews and demonstrations of amate papermaking and brush construction, as well as the artist’s tools and materials.

This educational exhibition invites visitors to explore connections between art and ancestry, labor and landscape, and storytelling and cultural survival.

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Bedford Donor Preview

Saturday, April 18, 2026
4 – 5 pm PDT

Free for Bedford Donors.
Bring your ID for entry.

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Opening Party

Saturday, April 18, 2026
5 – 7 pm PDT

BUY TICKETS

General Admission (ages 13+) — $5
12 & under — FREE
Bedford Donors — FREE

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General Admission

April 19 – June 28, 2026
Wed - Sun from 12 pm – 5 pm PDT

BUY TICKETS

Pay What You Can (ages 13 and over)
Note: Pay What You Can does not apply to opening parties, special events, or workshops.