San Francisco native Gil Batle spent 20 years in five different California prisons for fraud and forgery. Behind bars he used his self-taught skills as an artist to keep him safe from gang violence by ...

Gil Batle, “Riot II: The Briefings” (2015) (click to enlarge) (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Beginning in his early twenties, Gil Batle spent two decades in and out of five California ...

Where we might see an ostrich egg, others can see a blank canvas ... the perfect medium for a message shaped by memories. Here is a story from Jane Pauley: At first glance, they look like something ...

View Gil Batle’s artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Learn about the artist and see available works for ...

It’s been three years since Chance Daily (born Robert Earl Lavender III) was struck by intoxicated driver Deanna Marie Soto in Fullerton as he rode home on his Harley-Davidson. He died instantly; ...