Erik Jerezano

Erik Jerezano

Erik Jerezano was born in Mexico City in 1973. He is a self-taught artist who arrived to Toronto in 2001. Since then he has exhibited his work in galleries and artist-run centres across Canada , Mexico and Europe. He was awarded a Toronto Arts Council Emerging Artist grant , Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist grant and his work was selected by the Drawing Center Viewing program in New York and the Art registry program of Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach California.

In the past, he was involved in community arts projects in Mexico City, where he collaborated on outdoor murals. In 2004, he and two other artists created Z?otz* Collective. The artists meet weekly to collaborate on multi-media works that include drawing, painting, collage, portable sculpture and the written word. The Summer of 2009 he will be doing a residency in Baie-Saint-Paul Quebec organized by the Musee D'art Contemporain De Baie-Saint-Paul.

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The Saint and his team series, 2008-2009 Mixed-media on paper (Watercolor, color pencil, pencil and ink) size:22?x30?

The Saint and his team series, 2008-2009 (Watercolor, color pencil, pencil and ink) size:22?x30?

The artist is presenting four works on paper, using ink and watercolour to create anthropomorphic creatures.

Image 1: There are ten hybrid anthropomorphic creatures. Most of them are just heads of the creatures which are set up in pairs facing each other on a white background. The colors used are muted grey, blue and brown.

Image 2: Two animals heads are holding the ears of a totem like figure with wings and penguin like legs. Attached to the wings are two transparent bags each containing a fly. Colours used are grey, green and brown.

Image 3: A green head has many different human body parts and creatures coming out of his orifices.

Image 4: A donkey man, with an armadillo like tail, is surrounded by the heads of a wolf, duck, and dog. The creature has 3 arms two of which are waving in the air.

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