Chicago Mexican Immigrant Becomes Popular Sculpture Artist

This young artist in Chicago has made a good life for himself, even with all the struggles of being an immigrant.   - - Donna Poisl

From latino.foxnews.com

When Alfonso "Piloto" Nieves Ruiz emigrated from Mexico in 1997, his great ambition was to be an American football player, but an accident banished him from the gridiron and turned him to sculpture, a calling that has made him a popular artist in Chicago.

Piloto's sculptures were one of the main attractions of the recent Pilsen Open Studios 2012, which exhibited the works of 106 Latino artists in Chicago.
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