“I knew I wanted to make every mark unique, hone in on the structure and do it through line...It was something I wanted to incorporate…to study the structure of war; it’s language and the language of drawing…break it down to the fundamentals. ”
— Zacarias, Delia Sofia. “Exploring Socio-Political Issues Beyond Borders International Borders with Andrei Renteria,'' Unfiltered San Antonio. September 3, 2019.
“The work of Andrei Renteria, in both his artistic and curatorial practices, exposes the systems of violence, capitalism, and culture in which we live in. His sketched portraits of victims challenge us to question the society and the borders of division we exist in.”
— Del Toro, Marissa. “Andrei Renteria: The Language of Violence and the Battle Against Silence” Latinx Spaces. June 13, 2018.
“His work is an enduring protest in the shape of drawing’s powerful means…And he is doing so in a region where people still look away too often…”
— Tannert, Christoph. “Anklage, Protest, Erinnerung/Accusation, Protest, Memory” Be Magazin #25. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, 2018