In selecting artists to commission for the 11 main city posters, The Horizons Project [and U.S. Department of Arts & Culture] wanted to ensure that each one connected with the issue. Miami’s Johann C. Muñoz-Tapasco, chosen to create the local poster, explores social justice themes in his work, making him an ideal pick for the No ICE in the Cup campaign.
A painter and photographer by trade, Muñoz-Tapasco began dabbling in graphic design and poster art about two years ago. And that’s not the only evolution he’s made along the way.
“In the last ten years, I’ve been grounding my practice in a more socially engaged way…There is a place for art in liberation movements,” he says.
Born in Colombia, Muñoz-Tapasco immigrated to the States in the late 1990s. He lived undocumented for a decade, so when Jordan Seaberry of U.S. Department of Arts and Culture reached out about submitting a piece, he felt it was kismet. “It was a good opportunity to merge our worlds and our missions,” he says.
