Age, Biography and Wiki

David Tineo was born on 23 May, 1955 in Douglas, AZ, is an American painter. Discover David Tineo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

Popular As N/A
Occupation N/A
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 23 May, 1955
Birthday 23 May
Birthplace Douglas, AZ
Nationality United States

We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 23 May. He is a member of famous Painter with the age 68 years old group.

David Tineo Height, Weight & Measurements

At 68 years old, David Tineo height not available right now. We will update David Tineo's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.

Physical Status
Height Not Available
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
Hair Color Not Available

Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

Family
Parents Not Available
Wife Not Available
Sibling Not Available
Children Not Available

David Tineo Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is David Tineo worth at the age of 68 years old? David Tineo’s income source is mostly from being a successful Painter. He is from United States. We have estimated David Tineo's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
House Not Available
Cars Not Available
Source of Income Painter

David Tineo Social Network

Instagram
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook
Wikipedia David Tineo Wikipedia
Imdb

Timeline

1955

David Tineo (born May 23, 1955) is an American artist of Mexican descent whose works focus on cultural and identity issues particular to Mexican Americans who live in the U.S. Though internationally known, most of Tineo's life and career has been spent in Tucson, Arizona.

1959

David's family moved from Douglas to a barrio in west Tucson in 1959.

1960

The rise and political development of the Chicano Movement in the 1960s and 1970s, and concomitant birth of the Chicano Art Movement, helped focus Tineo's attention on the role of art in community activism.

During this period Tineo spent time working with the Brown Berets, MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) and other community activist groups, and he is still considered one of the most influential leaders of the Chicano Mural Movement in Arizona.

1969

His father separated from the family in 1969 after which Ernestina sold tamales, cleaned homes, took in ironing, and worked various housekeeping jobs to raise her seven children while simultaneously learning English.

Tineo's prodigious artistic abilities were evident early in life.

His parents submitted samples of his artwork to various national art contests, all of which were rejected by judges who refused to believe they’d been drawn by a child.

Tineo's artistic talent was also recognized by his teachers, who encouraged its development throughout Tineo's elementary, middle, and high school years.

1974

He began to seriously study ceramics, human anatomy and figurative drawing at Cholla High School, from which he graduated in 1974.

This ability to represent form in three-dimensional space would later help him continue producing art after his vision began to fail.

1976

Tineo received a Pell Grant after high school to study ceramics at Arizona Western College in Yuma, Arizona, then transferred to Pima Community College in January 1976 to complete his studies in Tucson and be near his family.

During the summer between high school and college he’d become involved with the newly constructed El Rio Neighborhood Center, where he’d met and befriended Antonio Pazos, an older, more experienced artist and former member of the San Diego Chicano activist/muralist group Toltecas de Aztlan.

Tineo and Pazos would later collaborate on Nuestras Raíces Humanas, one of Tucson's largest and most famous works of mural art.

While taking painting classes at Pima College he renewed his ties with the El Rio Neighborhood Center and in 1976 was asked by them to paint a mural, Tineo's first, on the building's central patio, where it remains today.

In the fall of 1976 Tineo joined the U.S. Army and was assigned to the S3 (Military) Operations Unit of the 3rd Infantry Division stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany, where he was promoted to the rank of specialist and his skills applied to cartography and the production of presentation materials to upper-level officers.

1979

Tineo was honorably discharged from the Army in 1979.

Tineo's art has been profoundly influenced by the social, political and historical issues pertaining to Mexican-American identity in America.

1983

Tineo's artwork first came to national prominence after the 1983-1986 Arizona Copper Mine Strike in Clifton, Arizona, which pitted local union workers – most of whom were Hispanic—against the Phelps-Dodge Corporation.

Tineo was asked by union leader Angel Rodriguez to come to Clifton and paint a mural that would symbolize the union workers’ plight and the essence of their struggle.

Because tensions were high during this multi-year strike –- at one point the National Guard was called in, as well as a virtual army of state policemen backed up by tanks and helicopters -– the event drew international media coverage, and Tineo's mural has frequently been used as a visual representation of the pivotal point in U.S. history when the power of America's unions began to decline.

Tineo's 10’ x 40’ mural still graces the inner north wall of the former Steelworkers Union Hall in Clifton, and the image has been used on banners, posters and signs to commemorate the episode.

The symbols, themes and techniques in Tineo's art have their roots in Mexican folk art but are associated with the political ideals of the Chicano Art Movement.

His works invoke ancient cultural symbols and mythologies; objects and themes from everyday life; and an emphasis upon education as a political and practical means of bringing Mexican Americans full equality and participation in American life.

1991

Decades later, in 1991, Tineo's art was included in the Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation (CARA), exhibit organized by the Wight Art Gallery in UCLA.

The CARA exhibit, which traveled to various cities around the U.S., was the first exhibit ever to focus on the works of artists engaged in the Chicano civil rights movement; it firmly established Chicano art – in all its forms – as a distinct and legitimate part of American Art in general.

Tineo helped lead the development of the Chicano Mural Movement both in Arizona and Tucson during the latter half of the 20th century, and remains an important part of the city's visual history.

2004

He was diagnosed in 2004 with a macular degeneration that left him legally blind, but continues to paint and sculpt.

Tineo was born in Douglas, Arizona, a small town on the U.S.-Mexico border.

His father, Patrick Tineo, a Portuguese immigrant whose own father entered the United States via Ellis Island, was mistakenly deported to Mexico when he was a young man, where he met and married Ernestina Figueroa, the woman who became David's mother.

David Tineo's eyesight began to fail in 2004.

Batteries of eye tests, MRIs and EKGs resulted in an uncertain diagnosis.

Nothing could be done, and he was legally blind within a year.

2010

In 2010 the Tucson Museum of Art's ¡Viva David Tineo! retrospective corrected the common misconception of Tineo as primarily a muralist.

He's completed over 3,000 paintings over the course of his 38-year career, and his canvases hang on the walls of private collectors, museums, galleries (including a gallery in South Tucson devoted entirely to his work), and political entities from the US and Mexico to Kazakhstan.

2011

To honor the quality and extent of his career the Tucson Pima Arts Council presented Tineo with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.

Though his blindness required Tineo to quit teaching, it did not stop him from painting.

Because he often sees only glare, and cannot make out light, shadow or different shades of color, Tineo has explored numerous techniques for replacing his dependence on vision.

He usually lays his canvases on the ground and outlines concepts with caulks and silicon adhesives, achieving more subtle textures with a wet sponge, before applying paints.

By creating these textured, raised, 3-D surfaces he can “see” the canvas with his hands and feel it through his brush.

His more tactile painting style has created an evolution in his conceptual style as well: his artwork is now more symbolic, and the colors more direct, with fewer fine details.