Cover Photo by Diske Uno

The Mexican art market has taken off in recent years, capturing worldwide attention with its distinctive cultural perspectives and fearless creativity. From contemporary works rooted in rich traditions to bold pieces addressing today’s social and political issues, Mexican artists are emerging as prodigious voices in the global art scene.

This fresh wave of creativity, driven by the culture's prodigious work ethic & boldness, has captivated collectors and art lovers alike, moving to expected sales volume to surpass 420 million by 2025. Below are twelve Mexican artists that deserve close attention in the coming year.

Through years of experimentation, Chicago based artist Rubén Aguirre created an intersection of graffiti, abstraction, formalism, and muralism. His mural work is informed by architecture, and plays with re-imagining open spaces. His compositions organically build a visual language often referencing the socio-historical background of each site location.

In 2022 Aguirre exhibited at the National Museum of Mexican Art and was awarded the Helen and Tim Meier Foundation achievement award. His work has been covered by both Art News and the Atlantic. Aguirre's public works have been commissioned for clients such as the City of Chicago, Google, Adidas, Linked IN, Starbucks, and others. 

Diske Uno

Diske Uno is an urban artist and illustrator with a style rooted in the culture off his youth. In 2013 he started his evolution as an urban artist and began to leave his mark on walls throughout is home town of Culiacán. Featured in our cover, is a collaboration that artist did for a Starbucks in the Southside of Chicago, located at 3103 W 26th St.

SMITHE

Known as one of Mexico’s most renowned graffiti artists, SMITHE has been spray painting and drawing since the age of 12. Through personal exploration he creates fragmented figures, colorful beasts and ambiguous robot-beings. The artist has exhibited in England, Belgium, Germany, and throughout the U.S.

RAWOOH

Over the past 6 years Raul Ramirez, aka "Rawooh" has become one of the most prolific street artists in the Chicagoland area. The artist regularly collaborates with companies like Sofitel for large scale mural work. Finding inspiration in both painting and drawing, collectors have found his studio work to be dark and alluring, but yet elegant and playful.

Street artist Senkoe creates work rooted in pre-Hispanic art and the world of dreams, reminding us that both come from a single source, pure creation. His inspiration to begin mural work came from trains that traveled from California to Mexico, which were covered in graffiti. His work provokes an audience to contemplate what it means to be Mexican, causing discourse within the self to rediscover personal roots. Using his own Mexican multicultural (Aztec and other ancient cultures) identity, he constructs what is called “narrative graffiti.” 

PILAR CÁRDENAS

Pilar Cárdenas, also known as Fusca, is a self-taught artist born in Culiacán, México. Her work is influenced by Mexican muralists like Diego Rivera and Jorge Camarena, as well as Graffiti. Her voyage into art began at a young age making comics, and later progressed into murals, which has been her primarily focus.

“The fundamentals of my work are the observations I make of everything around me. Using my imagination, I take these elements and rearrange them into better versions; in this way, new and more inspiring scenarios resurface.”

ALDAIR DOSMIL

Chicago based artist, Aldair Dosmil creates eclectic work rooted in Mexican Folklore. Much of his artwork features a character inspired by the Torito De Petate dance, one of the most traditional emblems of Morelia, Mexico, where the artist grew up. Using his signature character in mural work, the artists career began to take shape in 2015.

Aldair Dosmil has also collaborated with brands such as Chicago Bulls, Topo Chico, Willis Tower and many more. His work can be found within private collections in Mexico and the United States.

TUBS

Hailing from the Southside of Chicago, Tubs is known as one of the most prolific Calligraffiti writers in the U.S. His personal style was influenced early on from his parents, who were both artists. Since the start of his career, well over a decade ago, Tubs has helped pioneer the "Calligraffiti" genre, demonstrating how far it can be pushed. His artwork is currently collected from celebrities such as; Bad Bunny, Dj Khalid, & many more. 

SANER

Edgar Flores, aka Saner was raised in Mexico City, earning a degree in graphic design from the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico. At a young age, he became intrigued by artwork from witnessing graffiti throughout his adolescence.

Using traditional imagery from his own cultural heritage, mixed with countries he visits Saner, creates a unique works within a growing market. His work has been exhibited internationally from galleries located in Mexico City, Berlin, London and Barcelona.

ROCO DRILO

Roco Drilo is a self taught visual artist who was born in the city of Queretaro, Mexico. He began his career as a graphic and plastic artist in 2005. The influence found in his work derives from a love of Mexico, 80’s pop culture, comics books, and graffiti. 

Roco generates a combination of colors, textures and shapes that evoke the traditional graphics of Mexican folk art with the added creation of characters blended with visual experiences.

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