PAUL MOLINA
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Photos by: Kyle Knox @theintrodeuce


About Artist:

My name is Paul Molina; I'm Akimal O'Otham, Pee-posh, Quechan, Pawnee, and Hispanic from the Gila River Indian Community in southern Arizona.

Freelance illustrator, graphic designer and self-taught artist with experience in a wide range of mediums: pencil, pen, watercolor, acrylic paint, aerosol paint, mixed media, etc. Also, skilled as a graphic designer producing logos, brochures, web materials, photography and videography for media outlets.

I was also featured in a movie called "In Circles" playing the main character "Isaac Rivers". In Circles was produced and directed by Roberto and Claude Jackson, which also won an award at the LA Skins Fest in 2015. *(More about In Circles here)

​My artwork comes primarily from my traditional heritage background. Taking the Pima and the Maricopa tribes of the southwest and intertwining the two to tell my story from both sides of the fence and creating a hybrid of evolving artwork.

My Identity as an indigenous artist is to visually tell our story from the Huhugam (those before us) and how they thrived off the land and rivers that once flourished throughout the valley of the Pima and Salt rivers.

Clients:

  • American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
  • Arizona Cardinals Stadium
  • Gila River Casinos
  • Gila River Health Care
  • Hau'pal (Red Tail Hawk) Health Center 
  • Wild Horse Pass Development Authority
  • Tela Art
  • Huhugam Heritage Center
  • Gila Crossing Community School
  • Casa Blanca Community School
  • Akimel O’odham/Pee Posh Youth Council
  • ​The Gila River Royalty Committee
  • Mul-Chu-Tha Fair and Rodeo
  • Seven Layer Army.com​ (Co-Owner)
  • ​​Native Brew Coffee Shop 
  • Gila River Transit
  • Early Childhood Day Care - GRIC
  • Desert Noise Productions
  • West End Health Committee
  • Gila River Boys & Girls Club - Sacaton and Komatke Branches
  • Edit Box Productions
  • GRIC Commodity Foods Distribution Program

Exhibitions:

Form/Function - Solo Art Exhibit - 2017
Huhugam Heritage Center -Chandler, Arizona
Address: 21359 S Maricopa Rd, Chandler, AZ 85226

Film Bar - 2015 
Tempe, Arizona

Address: 815 N. 2nd St. Phoenix, AZ 85004
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Desert Broom Branch Library - Solo Art Exhibit - 2014
Cave Creek, Arizona
Address: 29710 N Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek, AZ 85331

RAW Artist "GRANDEUR" - Monarch Theatre - 2014
Phoenix, Arizona
Address: 122 E Washington St, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Commissioned Artwork

Arizona Cardinals Stadium - Gila River Casinos, Suite Level - 2021
Glendale, Arizona


Casa Blanca Community School - Wall dividers - 2021
Casa Blanca, Arizona

GRIC Commodity Foods Distribution Program - Mural and wall borders - 2021
Sacaton, Arizona

Gila Crossing Community School - Gym wall and outdoor metal work - 2019
​Gila Crossing, Arizona

Vee Quiva Hotel & Casino - Hotel Lobby, Check-in counter
Laveen, Arizona

Wild Horse Pass Development Authority (WHPDA) - Main Lobby
Chandler, Arizona

Phoenix Premium Outlet Mall - Food Court
Chandler, Arizona

Sacaton, AZ Headstart building - Main Lobby
Sacaton, Arizona

GRHC Viola L. Johnson - BOD-ELT - Office Windows 
Sacaton, Arizona

District 3 Head Start, Sacaton, AZ Mural in main lobby - 2016
Sacaton, Arizona

​Dance School of Tempe - 2008
​Tempe, Arizona

Russell Moore Music Festival - 2007
Chandler, Arizona

​Public Space

Gila Crossing Elementry School
Laveen, AZ 2018

District 7 - Pee Posh Park
Laveen, Arizona

District 7 - Dobbins Rd. Water-pipe
Laveen, Arizona

Olberg Bridge - 2014 - Mural
Sacaton, Arizona

Power Rd. Williams Field Rd. 3/14/2014 ​​- Mural
Assisted Russell Blackwater
​Gilbert, Arizona

Acting

"​In Circles" the movie - Drama​
  • Release Date: 30 April 2015 (USA)
  • Filming Locations: Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, USA
  • Production Co: Mile 213 Productions

Rawhide Commercial - 2005



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