ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Carolina Cerecer

Carolina Cerecer graduated with a degree in Industrial Design from the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in 2007. During one summer of her studies, she worked as a designer for a handbag company—an experience she would later incorporate into her own brand.

After graduating, she worked at graphic design studios and, in 2009, as a jewelry designer. Shortly after, she entered the world of fashion design, founding her own brand, Cocoha Design, in 2010—a project that lasted for 10 years. To deepen her understanding of garment design and production, she completed a six-month course in elemental fashion design at the Universidad Interamericana para el Desarrollo (UNID).

She launched collections of handbags and clothing that offered a contemporary Mexican touch. Carolina collaborated closely with textile and leather artisans in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, creating one-of-a-kind pieces that were exhibited in boutiques across Mexico, as well as at the MUSA (Museum of the Arts at the University of Guadalajara), in addition to participating in various independent design markets throughout the country.

Currently, she works full-time in illustration and painting, aiming to translate her artistic language into diverse mediums such as textiles, furniture, and visual art.

Carlos Torres
(Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 1983)

Carlos Torres is a visual artist whose work draws from converging references to Figuration, Realism, and Op Art. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts at the University of Guadalajara. Early in his career, he worked in various studios alongside notable artists from the local art scene such as Juan Carlos Macías and Sergio Garval. He was also part of the printmaking collective La Torre de Los Grillos, where he studied under master printer Cornelio García, developing his skills as a printmaker.

Torres has received numerous awards and recognitions, including second place at the II José Atanasio Monroy Biennial (2014), first place at the Salón de Octubre (2019), and first place at the Rutas Plásticas Graphic Arts Competition (2018). He was a selected artist at the XVII Rufino Tamayo Painting Biennial (2017) and the III National Rubén Herrera Self-Portrait Biennial (2021). He has also earned honorable mentions in various national and international painting and printmaking competitions, such as the IV José Guadalupe Posada International Print Biennial (2019) and the José Chávez Morado Prize.

His work has been exhibited in both local and international venues, including Cinnabar Art Gallery (San Antonio, Texas), Blue Prints Gallery (Long Beach, California), and Pain Sugar Gallery (Riverside, California) in the United States; San Jacinto Exhibition Hall (San Salvador, El Salvador); Graphic Art Biennial, Szeklerland, Transylvania, Romania; BACOS Biennial (San Miguel de Abona, Tenerife, Spain); City Hall House (Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany); and the Luminar Auditorium during the III Django Festival (Lisbon, Portugal).

He currently lives and works in Guadalajara, Jalisco.