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Davis Birks

Plastic Artist
Birks studied in the School of Plastic Arts at Arizona State University and at the University of Guadalajara. He is recognized for his landscape paintings, sculptures and installations. His work has been shown in collective and individual exhibitions in Mexico, the United States, Puerto Rico, Switzerland and other countries in Europe.

"to me, expression is a necessity"

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Davis in his warehouse, surrounded by some of his work.

Alejandro Colunga

Plastic Artist
Colunga studied architecture, music, anthropology and languages, and is self-taught in plastic arts. His work has been shown in various individual and collective exhibitions in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Mexico. Some of his work is found in important collections and museums. He received in Guadalajara the prizes "Minerva of the Arts" (1988), "Jalisco to Arts" (1994), and the architecture prize for his public space sculpture The Lounge of the Magicians, located outside the Cabañas Center, Guadalajara.

Alejandro relaxes in his home. Alejandro in his studio works on ideas for a new painting.

Tomás López Rocha

Plastic Artist
First as a collector, then promoter, now artist, López has always moved in the world of art. After being an industrialist, publicist, editor, and professional athlete, he now dedicates his time to painting. Being self-taught, his daily work with different techniques has strengthened his art. He has shown his work in Mexico, Europe, and the United States.

"Creation is a matter of tension, emotions, satisfactions and freedom (a true challenge)."

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Tomás in his gallery/studio.

Francisco Morales

Plastic Artist
Architect, designer, art restorer and artist, Morales studied in the School of Fine Arts in Bern, Switzerland under the teachers Ursula Jakob and Walter Kretz. He received first prize at the XX Plastic Arts Contest in Denges, Switzerland, and has won first prize or been a finalist in other contests in Mexico, Switzerland and France. His art has been exhibited in Europe, Latin America and the United States.

"I make plastic arts because it is my calling; I do not know another language that would better suit my personality or my very nature as a human being."

Francisco relaxing in his home. Francisco holds some of his work in his studio.

Ivan Puig

Installation and other Plastic Arts
Puig studied electronics in Guadalajara and then plastic arts in Guanajuato, Mexico. His art involves photography, sculpture, installation, and other forms of artistic expression. His work has been exhibited in Mexico, the United States, Spain, Canada and Germany.

"My art is multidisciplinary. I jump between disciplines indiscriminately because creativity is the thread that links my work, more so than technique."

Claudia Rodriguez

Sculptor
After finishing her degree in psychology, Rodríguez dedicated herself fully to sculpture and installation art in 1994. Although she worked with different teachers and artists, her main teachers have been her curiosity and restlessness. Her work has been shown in several cities in Mexico, and in Havana, Brussels and Miami.

"I like to translate meaningful concepts into shapes or actions. The power of art to question and redefine interests me, especially if it has social or political content."

Paula Santiago

Visual Artist, Object Art Sculptor
Santiago studied industrial engineering in Guadalajara, literature and art history in Paris, and art in Guadalajara. She is a nationally and internationally renowned plastic artist who has had exhibitions in Mexico, Brazil, Europe, the United States, New Zealand and India. Her sculptures, object art, and installations include materials like wax, hair, and human blood. Some of her work forms parts of the collections in museums like the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the North Dakota Museum of Art in the United States.

"Art gives you, like a mirror, a platform of freedom that serves as a means of human knowledge as well as a source of beauty and consolation. At the same time, it places in your hand a platform of transformation and meaning of life itself that transcends and reconciles with the contemporary social structure."

Paula working in her studio.