Maestro Porfirio Gutierrez

Porfirio Gutierrez is a California-based textile designer, artist, and natural dyer. He specializes in the weaving traditions of Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico. He comes from a long line of traditional Zapotec weavers, and his art practice remains dedicated to the deep knowledge and spiritual dimensions of his ancestors. He grew up immersed in color, surrounded by the wildness of Oaxaca’s mountains, and with knowledge of plants as medicine. His work marries indigenous knowledge and contemporary art, engaging a conversation around migration in a Native American context.