Emilio Lobato

Emilio Lobato is from San Pablo, a village situated 7 miles from San Luis, Colorado's oldest town. With Spanish Colonial roots, Lobato is the 16th generation of his family in the U.S. He earned his B.A. in Art from Colorado College in 1982, studying under printmaker and painter Mary Chenoweth and sculptor Carl Reed.

In 1986, Lobato guest-curated a Day of the Dead Mexican folk art exhibit at the Denver Art Museum as part of a NEH internship. From 1989 to 1992, he served as an Education Administrator in the Education Department at the Denver Art Museum. Since 1992, Lobato has focused on his studio practice full-time. He has also guest-curated exhibitions for the Mizel Museum of Judaica, the Denver Arts Students League, and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.

In 2011, Lobato was featured in a mid-career retrospective titled “Mi Linda Soledad” (My Beautiful Solitude) at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. His work is represented in numerous galleries and included in both private and public collections across the U.S. and internationally. Having lived and worked in Denver since 1985, Lobato's work was the focus of a 40-year survey exhibition at the Arvada Center in Colorado in 2023.