Scott Carrillo Azevedo, The American Home: A Broken Promise

The Long Beach Museum of Art presents Scott Carrillo Azevedo’s first solo museum exhibition, The American Home: The Broken Promise.

Azevedo’s work reflects deeply personal and social histories of exclusion, particularly redlining in the Los Angeles area that impacted his family of Mexican heritage. These experiences have evolved into an artistic practice centered on reconstructing lost family histories through painting.

After relocating from his home in Palm Springs to New Haven, Azevedo began incorporating imagery from vintage magazines such as The American Home to reimagine family narratives shaped by systemic racism, cultural erasure, and personal tragedy—including the early death of his grandparents.

Ultimately, the work explores themes of identity, loss, and belonging. Through portraiture and disrupted domestic spaces, Azevedo creates metaphors for navigating life between cultures, informed by experiences of racial ambiguity, queerness, and economic hardship in America.

Artwork: Scott Carrillo Azevedo, Husband and Husband, 2025
Oil and Pearl Ex pigment on canvas  
60 x 84 inches 
Collection of Ron Nelson and David Schnur