Galería Taquera

Galeria taquera was a project that consisted on making paste-up murals in a street market in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico. I was invited by my friend Livoight to make a piece early on 2021. My mural was called Tianguis de belleza, which roughly translates to beauty street market, the title was inspired by a tiny shop located on a metro station. I sometimes struggle to come to compositions I while also including lots of elements, so in this case I solved that by making a mosaic of elements.

This is a very personal piece that portrays elements significant to me but also related to state of Mexico culture. My grandmother lives in the State of Mexico and as I kid I used to come to visit her every school vacation, I enjoyed spending time with her but wished I could visit other places. Every time we came my mother loooooved (and still does) going to street markets, I used to HATE IT. Now, knowing and recognizing myself as an autistic person I understand why I struggled so much with that kind of places and appreciate them from afar.

The mural was made by painting on 8 bond sheets with acrylic painting. It measured 2.40x1.60 meters. I also made a digital version of it that was printed in riso, I still have a few pieces left, you can get one at my online shop :)