Ulises Peralta: 3D Anaglyphs at San Lorenzo Valley Museum

SLVChamber
Oct 4
2 min read

Breathing Life into Suppressed Histories at the San Lorenzo Valley Museum

We spent a wonderful evening at the San Lorenzo Valley Museum Oct 3 with artist Ulises Peralta and his 3D Anaglyph exhibition reception titled Palimpsest. If you're in the Boulder Creek area, head over to the Grace Episcopal Gallery at 12547 Highway 9 before the exhibit closes on October 31.

Ulises is a Oaxacan printmaker originally from Venice, CA, now residing in San Jose and working in Santa Cruz. He also happens to be the SLV Museum’s 2025 Artist-in-Residence. His work is all about bringing suppressed histories to life - colonialism, displacement, gentrification, and cultural erasure. He uses printmaking to spotlight stories from marginalized communities, turning them into something powerful and real. "Printmaking is more than just a technical craft," Ulises reflects. "I have found it is a tool for raising awareness, instigating change, and has the potential to foster an equitable world."

Ulises finished his BA in Studio Art (focusing on printmaking) at UC Santa Cruz in 2024. Last year, he held a residency at UCSC's Print Media Research Center and had a solo show called Facades there in October, layering prints to call out colonial legacies and misinformation.

For this SLV Museum residency - supported by the Arts Council Santa Cruz County - he spent about six hours a week in the gallery from August through September creating editions of 3D screen prints. The museum's focus is about filling gaps in their collection to better represent the valley's diverse history. His pieces highlight lost visual histories from Indigenous legacies to immigrant experiences, making them feel immediate and textured.

SLV Museum Executive Director Laura DeAngelis summed it up perfectly: "This work fills a vital void in our collection." You could see how it's expanding what the museum shares about our shared past.

Check out oaxslug.com for more on Ulises’ equity-focused printmaking, and follow @not_uli on Instagram.

Go see the exhibit while you can - these prints make history feel alive.