Carlos Donjuan is a Mexican American graffiti artist, painter, and art teacher at University of Texas at Arlington from Oak Cliff, Dallas.
He is a part of the Oak Cliff artist collective known as Sour Grapes, which was formed in 2000 with his brothers Arturo and Miguel Donjuan.
He and his friends started approaching local business owners, asking if they could paint their walls for free and advertising it as a way to deter taggers because they would probably respect their art.
Donjuan stated that the purpose of the murals was for young people in the community: "We want to give the kids who walk along there to school something fun to look at, something better than what’s been there.
"[1][3][6] In 2011, the Dallas Contemporary commissioned Donjuan and the Sour Grapes for a large indoor mural entitled "Rest in Power."