Micromosaic
Smaller formats built with tiny glass and porcelain tesserae, with attention to rhythm, cutting and detail.
Small glass and porcelain tesserae.
Close-up reading and meticulous labor.
Texture, cut and light as structuring forces.
Mosaic as voice
Portraits, murals and teaching within a mosaic practice shaped by Andean color, patient labor and human commitment.
Javier Guerrero Meza has lived in Brazil since 1989, has worked with mosaic for 26 years and, for the last 19, exclusively through this language.
From micromosaic to mural work, his practice moves through portraiture, the human figure, social memory, teaching and commissions with a language built through self-taught discipline and shared across universities, unions, collectives and social projects.
Social militancy since age 14.
Living in Brazil since 1989.
26 years working with mosaic, 19 of them exclusively devoted to this language.
My name is Javier Guerrero Meza
An Andean man in Brazil
I have been a social militant since I was 14 and I recognize myself as an Andean man: a deep love for the land, loyalty to principles and devotion to mosaic as a way of saying to the world what I think and feel.
My name is Javier Guerrero Meza. I have been a social militant since I was 14 and I have lived in Brazil since 1989.
I have dedicated myself to mosaic for 26 years and, for the last 19 years, exclusively to this language.
I am an Andean man. For me, being Andean means a deep love for the land; it means the intense colors of the mountain range that appear in my work; it means loyalty to my ideological principles and to the friends and comrades with whom I share struggle, dreams and hope.
Read moreTechniques
Micromosaic, macromosaic, portraiture and the human figure appear as complementary fronts within one language.
Macromosaic and mural
A body of work oriented toward scale, circulation and public presence. The mural appears as a collective and territorial language.
Panel, wall and shared space.
Work with groups and institutions.
Public presence without losing artistic density.
Portraiture and the human figure
Javier openly names portraiture and the human figure as a lasting preference. It is one of the strongest and most demanding grounds in his practice, appearing in portraits of Anita Valeria Paredes Guerrero with Pombocha, of his parents, of his mother embracing his sister, and in a work about Palestinian children in Gaza.
Portraits of relatives and comrades.
Human presence as an expressive core.
Commissioned works with special emphasis on portraits.
A technique built and shared
The learning process was self-taught. Teaching emerges from that same practical construction and from an ongoing willingness to improve the technique.
Self-taught learning.
Sharing the technique through workshops and courses.
Ongoing study and refinement.
Teaching and workshops
Javier teaches the technique he built over decades and remains available for courses, workshops and formative projects.
Training
Courses in unions
Javier has led mosaicist training courses in unions, bringing together technique, shared space and collective practice.
University
Universidad General Latinoamericana
The spelling above follows exactly the way Javier names this teaching experience in his testimony.
Public institution
UNILA
At the Federal University for Latin American Integration, Javier carried out courses, restorations and collective work linked to mosaic, portraiture and memory.
Collections and murals
Portrait collections and collective murals organize the public trajectory of the work across archive, institutions and community.
Portrait collection
Hombres y mujeres de nuestra America
Javier's first portrait collection, made around 19 years ago and now associated with the holdings of a center dedicated to Che Guevara.
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Collection linked to UNILA
Poetas de America
The second portrait collection mentioned by Javier, linked to UNILA and supported by public records on collection status, exhibition and institutional circulation.
Read moreInstitutional project in 2025
UNILA mural on the Prestes Column
In April 2025, Javier taught a course and, together with UNILA students, completed a mural of around 10 m² on the centenary of the Prestes Column.
Read moreCourse and collective mural
Mosaicist training at the Colonia Penal Agricola
In a course held between July and September, Javier shared mosaicist training with semi-open regime inmates; the result was a mural of around 3 m².
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Collective work in Tatuquara
Community mural at Ocupacao Britanite
Javier coordinated a 32 m² mural in an urban occupation in Tatuquara, made by community members with the collaboration of the Mosaico La Esperanza group. The mural was later destroyed after repossession.
Read moreCommissionsCommissions
Today, the main commercial focus is commissioned artworks, especially portraits, alongside courses and workshops on demand.
Commissioned artworks
Today, Javier's main commercial practice is commissioned artworks, with a special focus on portraits and the force of the human figure.
Portraits as the main front.
Conversations guided by references, format and timeline.
Scope adapted to private or institutional settings.
Courses and workshops on demand
The site also presents Javier to universities, unions, collectives and social projects interested in mosaic training and collective work.
Universities and cultural institutions.
Unions and collectives.
Social projects with a training focus.
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