Baker Artist Portfolios

"TLaloC explores the realms of art, illustration, and graphic-and-product design through a methodic and ludic use of materials, processes, and technologies. His focus lies in creating and expanding universes filled with impossible taxonomies, manifested through multi-sensorial installations that offer immersive experiences for the spectator. Among the most recurrent and identifiable themes in his work are a fascination with the unknown, the obsolescence of things, collective memory, nostalgia, and the elaboration of nonexistent languages. His work is easily recognizable through mysterious symbols, enigmatic characters, and strangely familiar (Non)bjects, better known as 'Elgreenes,' as well as the extensive use of neon lights, incorporation of scents, sound, large-scale inflatable sculptures, light boxes, and more recently, the integration of AI.

The recurrent use of size-shifting elements in his work directly alludes to his childhood. The recognizable shapes in his art evoke didactic toys fused with unknown elements from a bygone era. The deliberate presentation in different materials and variable scales aims to recreate the same playful process he enjoyed as a child— playing with a diverse array of objects, rearranging them, interchanging their meanings, building cities, tearing them down, and rebuilding them from scratch.

TLaloC (1982) is an interdisciplinary artist, award-winning illustrator, graphic designer, and educator born in the industrial city of Monterrey, Mexico. He holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Illustration Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and was a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship. Currently, he works as a Full-time Teacher in the First Year Experience (FYE) department, contributing in parallel to the Illustration Department at MICA."