James "Avi" Avalos, is a multi-media artist from San Antonio, Texas. His notoriety as a celebrated artist has developed through use of iconography that playfully engages viewers resulting in a positive experience with art leaving both young, old and everyone in-between with an experience to talk about. Working in installation and performance art, as well as fine art paintings, printmaking and sculpture he will use any media possible to make a statement or to create conversation. His work covers neutral or obvious perspectives on politics, culture, faith, love and over all fun.

In 2008 he created a fashion show titled Social Insecurity where all the dresses were constructed out of oversized prints of US currency as a social commentary on excessive government spending. In 2012 he created Mr Pinata SA, which has now become an icon of San Antonio culture. Mr Pinata was created as a fine arts in public spaces experiment where he made himself a piñata mariachi suit that he wears and has traveled with from New York to Las Angeles and stops in Mexico, Mr Piñata SA has been a hit with just about everybody. Avi continues to elevate various art forms to engage and inspire his audience.