Lucila Villaseñor Grijalva

Lucila Villaseñor Grijalva is a Chicana muralist who was born in Los Angeles, California. Her art style is inspired by graffiti art. Throughout her academic education pursuits, Villaseñor Grijalva was married and raising a family. At first, she studied art, then decided to pursue art education and eventually, she decided to be a social worker and a public artist.

Villaseñor Grijalva's artistic career is notably associated with her work at the Mechicano Art Center, which was one of the first Chicanx art collectives in Los Angeles. She held her own solo exhibition in 1976. During this time, she collaborated with many popular Chicana artists, including Isabel M. Castro, Sonya Fe, Judithe Hernández, and Susan Saenz. While working with the center, she participated in a bus bench art contest in 1972, and won one second place alongside Ray Atilano. The exhibition sought to highlight how different Chicanx art groups from the 1960s and 1970s reimagined the landscape and culture of Los Angeles, especially its intersection of Mexican, Chicanx, and American culture. This project was a part of an even bigger institutional collaboration entitled Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, which was initiated by the J. Paul Getty Museum and illuminated the interconnection between groups and people that helped form the current state of L.A. art. Overall, she was interested in promoting a sense of community through her public art.