Biography
Born in 1972 in Mesa, Arizona, artist Checo Diego says his birthplace is a place that gives him a sense of limbo; being stuck somewhere between the Superstition Mountains and the vast city of Phoenix. His father was born and raised in Mexico. Says Diego about his father “his ignorance of art, completely pure, lets him make things that are curious and unbeknownst to him. One day he'll build a shower out of found scrap metal; the next, he'll paint the refrigerator a light blue.” Abstract color studies and points in time hold profound interest for artist Checo Diego. His orchestration of brilliant colors and geometric shapes seem to lead the viewer through time and space - a perceived sequence of events with the painting - resulting in a feeling of structure and physical movement. Utilizing form, color and dimension in his art, Diego brings his own brand of order to chaos. “I see my existence as a constant state of transition. A conversion in which every point along its route corresponds with my state at the time. And with those other points that intersect it.”
