Mario Ybarra Jr. is best known for installations that Suzanne Hudson described as “notable for combining critical and institutional recognition with a deep-rooted connection to the social spaces to which it so often refers.” In 2002, Mario Ybarra Jr. and Karla Diaz founded Slanguage, a socially-engaged artist group headquartered in Wilmington, CA, who practice a three-pronged approach to art-making based on art education, community building, and the production of interactive exhibitions and performance projects.