The brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre have been collaborating in earnest since the 1990s. Born respectively in 1963 and 1960 in Guadalajara, México, they came to the United States with their family in 1972. They studied at California State University, Long Beach, and have since taught at the prestigious Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington. Currently, they live and work on both sides of the border in Baja California, México, and San Diego.  

Over the years, the de la Torre Brothers have developed their signature style, creating colorful, mixed-media work through blown-glass sculpture, installation, and, most recently, lenticular imagery. In an over-the-top aesthetic frequently described as baroque, the pieces are at once humorous and critically earnest, manifesting influences ranging from religious iconography and German expressionism to the sculpture of the ancient Americas and Mexican folk art. The more than 40 works presented here are a kaleidoscopic collision of imagery and meaning drawn from the Brothers’ unique perspectives on American culture and the Latinx experience. 

Collidoscope: de la Torre Brothers Retro-Perspective is a nationally traveling exhibition organized by The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum (The Cheech) and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino. Support for the national tour has been generously provided by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino. The exhibition was curated by Selene Preciado.