Jerry and Jay Jaramillo open exhibit at Northside

ART SHOW AT HOURGLASSL HAIR STUDIO | Jerry and Jay Jaramillo jointly exponent. (Photo / Shanon García)

FATHER AND SON SHOW THEIR ART

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Jerry and Jay Jaramillo, father and son, open a creative display of their art at the Hourglassl Hair Studio on the Northside. Jerry, fine artist, muralist, sculptor, and jeweler is a true renaissance man who embodies the spirit of artists before him with a futurist vision and a message of peace, love, and unity.

Born and raised in Brighton, he went from Brighton High School to the University of Colorado Boulder, where he majored in fine arts. Over his forty-year career, Jerry has painted dozens of large-scale murals in Denver; his works have been shown not just in Colorado, but in New Mexico, Arizona, and Washington, as well.

Jerry even gone international, as a master muralist in Zihuatenejo, Mexico. From the start, Jerry Jaramillo encouraged his son to explore his creativity and express himself freely. Jerry taught Jay a myriad of techniques and forms of expression: painting, muralism, sculpture, jewelry, singing, acting and being a craftsman in a technological age.

Artist and entrepreneur

Jay received more formal knowledge at Metropolitan State University; he graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a minor in business. Jay is currently a graduate student at the University of Colorado Denver, where he is earning a master’s degree in public administration.

He considers himself an “entrepreneur,” and would like to become a coordinator/director of public art, assisting artists in creating more public art and beautifying communities across Colorado. Jay was born in Denver and defines himself as a multimedia, visual and performing artist.