Juan Bastos (born 18 January 1958, in Caracas, Venezuela) is an Venezuela-American portrait artist of Bolivian descent who also creates other representational art, including pieces that utilize mythology and symbolism.

[3] At the age of eleven, he returned to Bolivia with his family and they settled once again in La Paz where he was exposed to the vast Andean landscape and the Aymaran culture with its myths and legends, which became a major influence on his work.

[2][13] Two years later, the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C. presented Bastos' work in a solo show, which also featured additional oils and pastels from this oeuvre.

[17] Over a two-year period culminating in 2004, Bastos delivered eight portrait commissions to the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine that featured Deans and major donors.

[31] Notable private commissions have included portraits of high-profile art collectors, Eugenio López,[32][33] Pamela Joyner,[23][34] and Philip Niarchos.

[32][35] Hundreds of Bastos portraits hang in private residences, universities, government buildings, and corporate offices in California, and throughout the US, South America, and Europe.

[38] The exhibition was part of the Participating Gallery Program of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles, that ran from September 2017 through January 2018 at more than 70 cultural institutions across Southern California.