Alfonso Castañeda García

Alfonso Castañeda García began his studies in Arts for Plastic Expression at the University of Guadalajara, but it was in the workshop where he discovered his true path as a printmaker. He joined Ediciones Ajolote, where, under the guidance of Teresa Valdéz, he trained in the craft of graphic production, specializing in artistic screen printing. Since 2015, he has directed Estudio Taller Amapola, his own graphic production studio, focused exclusively on screen printing as a medium for creation and collaboration. His work has involved producing graphic art for artists working in diverse languages, from illustration and traditional printmaking to conceptual projects. He has participated in numerous collective painting exhibitions, including his ion for the Bienal Atanasio Monroy in 2016. Nevertheless, his practice primarily centers on technical production and training within the field of graphic arts.

He currently teaches at the Escuela de Artes Jalisco, leading the Stamping and Experimental Printmaking workshop, where he shares with his students a practical and hands-on vision of graphic work, emphasizing screen printing as both an expressive and technical tool.

Peach

Peach es un artista multidisciplinar que dedica sus días a explorar las formas en que construimos nuestra relación con nuestros ecosistemas e identidades a través de los rituales y simbolismos de la vida cotidiana. Su investigación se articula desde la teoría queer, los estudios críticos de discapacidad y prácticas espirituales en torno al cuidado, el bienestar, la vulnerabilidad y la colaboración.

Ha sido parte de exposiciones en instituciones como el Museo Anahuacalli (2023), Oklahoma Contemporary (2022), el Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (2021) y el Museo de Arte de Zapopan (2021). Es fundadore de Volcán Press, un estudio de risografía dedicado a prácticas pedagógicas y la exploración creativa en Guadalajara.

Yumali Torres

Born in Xalapa in 1997, she is a visual artist. She studied Visual Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Universidad Veracruzana. Her training has focused on printmaking, particularly lithography, eco-printing, and dyeing with natural pigments, which have become her main forms of artistic expression.

She has collaborated with the Printmaking Workshop of the Universidad Veracruzana, the Experimental Printmaking Workshop of Coatepec, and the Printmaking Studio at Northwestern State University of Louisiana, U.S.A. She is currently the head of the Lithography Workshop at La Ceiba Gráfica.

Alejandro Coronado

An enthusiast of ink and a believer in printmaking. I’m interested in printing processes and in the variations that emerge within them.

Having grown up in the city of Querétaro, I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate with various printmaking studios, working in relief printing, textile printing, intaglio, and screen printing. Through these experiences, I’ve been able to observe very different ways of creating images from spontaneous experimentation to the meticulous execution of long editions without any apparent change.

Elisabeth Pérez Fernández

Eli was born in Barakaldo in 1988 and lives in Orozko, at the foot of the Gorbea Natural Park. She is an illustrator and editor of Bonito Editorial, a publishing house she founded in 2013. There, she has published works by other artists such as Pablo Amargo, Kveta Pacovska, Roger Olmos, Mariana A Miseravel, among others, as well as books authored by herself. She has also illustrated for other publishers, including Media Vaca, Erein, Igela, and Veleta Roja. In addition to books, she works on cultural management and educational projects in museums, while keeping alive her workshop El Lirón Gris and her small gallery-bookshop Segunda. She manages the international area of Euskal Irudigileak and has been directing Irudika for nine years. Eli enjoys drawing and painting natural and industrial landscapes in shades of blue.

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Collective strength: Illustrators associations and networks