The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Artist Statement

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel is a peek into a parallel world, where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization, and the indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the indigenous heritage of people like me and is intended to invoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Meso-American legacy. Growing up Mexican-American along the border in El Paso, we were taught to take pride in our Mexican heritage, but it wasn’t until I was older that I realized there was a large part missing. My family could track their Spanish lineage easily and did so proudly. When I asked about our other half, I was met with confusion, generalization, or dismissiveness. I spoke with many other friends, who were also Latino, and they experienced similar responses. They knew that they were of Spanish descent, but the indigenous side was vague. This led me to research not only where I came from but the civilizations as well. What I discovered was that I not only came from a culturally rich lineage (Rarámuri and Zapotec) but highly sophisticated and technological advanced societies as well. From the vulcanization of rubber by the Olmec to the astronomy and mathematics of the Maya to the Architectural wonders of the Mexica, there was a lot to learn and be proudof from our people. And none of it was taught in schools! With this exhibition, I hope to inspire others to research their own affluent heritages and fully embrace their complex ancestry. The Uncolonized is a utopian world of bountiful wonders, where all the indigenous people united to form a superpower in the world. A world of Aztechnonauts exploring the heavens; Mayathmaticians unlocking the secrets of the universe through theoretical equations; Olmchemists creating new polymers; and alloys to move theworld forward and Zapotecknical engineers building the architecture of the future. It is a SciFi-inspired vision of not what could have been, but through multiverse theory, what is currently happening in another universe.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Macuahuitl (Sedimentary Scanner), 2021
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Xiuhpōhualli Anomala , 2018
Lasercut Resin Painting
On Loan from Richard Mojica and Cynthia Llamas

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Teoquiyaoatl (Sacred Portal), 2023
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Apoteosis del Olmequemista, 2019
Lasercut Resin Painting

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Apoteosis del Aztecnonauta, 2018
Lasercut Resin Painting

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Codex of the Interplanetary Space Program, 2023
Mixed Media Collage

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Center
Textile del Olmequemista: Yo Pe Ku Tu, 2021
Mixed Media

Right
Textile de Mayamatica: Kabel, 2019
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Center
Textile del la Zapoteknikal Ingeniera: Nadxiee Lii, 2021
Mixed Media

Right
Textile del Olmequemista: Yo Pe Ku Tu, 2019
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Naciones Unidas de Anáhuac, 2019
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Naciones Unidas de Anáhuac (detail), 2019
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Naciones Unidas de Anáhuac (detail), 2019
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Patolli, 2023
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
La Piñata Cosmica, 2019
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Tanq’uk’uklan, 2019
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Insignias de Cultura, 2021
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Totems de Inteligencia, 2023
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Axihuical (El Paralelo), 2021
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Codex of the Interplanetary Space Program, 2023
Mixed Media Collage

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Apoteosis de la Zapotecnico Ingeniera, 2021
Lasercut Resin Painting

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Apoteosis del Mayamatica, 2019
Lasercut Resin Painting

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Cemmani Cemanahuatl, 2023
Lasercut resin painting

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Left
Figura del Aztecnonauta: Cuauhtémoc VIII, 2019
Mixed Media
Right
Figura de Mayamatica: Kabel, 2019
Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Left
Figura del Olmequemista: Yo Pe Ku Tu, 2019
Right
Figura del la Zapoteknikal Ingeniera: Nadxiee Lii, 2019 Mixed Media

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Gallery View of The Uncolonized: A vision into the Parallel

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Gallery View of The Uncolonized: A vision into the Parallel

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History

The Uncolonized: A Vision in the Parallel Virtual Exhibition

Angel Cabrales
Gallery View of The Uncolonized: A vision into the Parallel

Created by local artist Angel Cabrales, “The Uncolonized” is a peek into a parallel world where the Western Hemisphere averted colonization and the Indigenous people of the lands thrived unobstructed. This body of work celebrates the Indigenous heritage of people and is intended to provoke curiosity into the untaught histories of our Mesoamerican legacy.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Museum of History

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History