Actually born on February 2, in 1918, Luis Nishizawa's father was Japanese, his mother Mexican, and his art shows a combination of the two heritages. As a young boy he learned jewelery making but did not study art formally until age 24, at the Academy of San Carlos and with other artists and teachers. He became an artist of several mediums, including painting, mural painting, ceramic murals, engraving, and ceramics. Nishizawa was one of few artists to use drawing as the art form not just a means to achieve other goals. His subject was often landscapes of central Mexican highlands, specifically volcanoes.
He was a fine arts professor at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
His work is held in collections in Mexico, Japan and the US. The Museo Taller de Luis Nishizawa, located in The State of Mexico, where he was born, honors his life's work. Luis Nisxhzawa died in 2014.
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