Click HERE to view the work of William Noguera

William Noguera is an artist unparalleled in artistic vision and creative tenacity. From the confines of his 4x10 foot cell on Death Row at the notorious San Quentin State Prison, down on his knees, hunched over a makeshift easel erected from his steel mattress frame, he crafts painstaking canvases of chilling beauty and great emotional depth. A personal tragedy when he was eighteen led him to be convicted and sentenced to death in what Robert Bryan, Mr. Noguera's defense attorney, calls “a travesty of justice.”

Even though William was fated to live on Death Row, it is the story of transcendence and rehabilitation through art that is at the inspirational heart of the matter. Mr. Noguera is a completely self-taught artist; he has been imprisoned since 1983. During an enforced 27 day stay in solitary confinement, Mr. Noguera began to draw on the walls of his cell, and has focused on this means of expression ever since to escape the confines of his difficult circumstances. He took up residence on Death Row in San Quentin on February 11 th, 1988 and has never wavered from his commitment to speak to those who are free through his infinitely shaded visions. He is so immersed in his pen and ink alternative universe that every night, he dreams only in black and white, to be documented later in his waking hours.

He describes his artistic style as “hyper-realistic, monochromatic neo-cubism in ink stippling.” Through the careful placement of thousands of individual black dots, dramatic images rise to life as visual poetry; please follow this link to view more of William's work. Each piece requires hundreds of hours for completion. Often, those condemned to death find religion as a comfort, but William has found art to be his salvation and redemption, every bit as powerful as the strength he draws from his Colombian culture and Latino heritage.

For further information on William's story or to inquire about his original works and Limited Edition Prints, please contact Cassandra@CamorraFineArt.com

To contact to Mr. Noguera directly about his work, you may send a letter to:

William A. Noguera #3/EB/77
P.O. Box D-77200
San Quentin, CA 94964

*Please note that San Quentin has a strictly regulated policy on all material sent to and from the prison. Please only send letters (no photos, gifts, or other content) until further consultation with either William or Cassandra directly. It may take up to three weeks for mail to be delivered to William, and another 2-3 weeks for his letter to make its way back to you

Cassandra, William, & his little sis' Tatiana at San Quentin Easter Sunday, 4/23/08

Current TV' features "The Escape Artist"
By Michael Jacobs, July 18th, 2007 (3min, 46secs)

Director: Kelcey Edwards

*Screened at the 2007
Mendocino Film Festival

The Ghost in the Material
presents a haunting,
outsider's look at the black-
and-white world of William
Noguera, a self-taught
artist working from his cell
at San Quentin State Prison.
16mm Black & White,
4 min 10 secs  
For DVD purchase, please contact
KelceyEdwards@gmail.com

William Noguera Interview with Dorka Keehn
www.KeehnonArt.com
Coming Soon!