A San Antonio native, Jesse Amado, who is in his early ’60s, grew up on Mission Street on the South Side, “just on the other side of King William.” In high school, he planned to become an architect and interned with O’Neil Ford, but after a rocky senior year, he enlisted in the Navy instead. After four years away, Amado returned to Texas and earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin, followed by a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in fine arts from UTSA.
Jesse Amado shows his artwork inspired by personal experience with illness and prescription drugs on April 30, 2015.
