The artist:

Carlos Lara is a Mexican-born artist currently based in New York City. He is co-founder of the artist-duo SANGREE which he has worked on actively since 2009. During this time he has explored different kinds of media like concrete, paper and stone, mostly oriented towards sculpture. His ceramic work within the collective is influenced by Mesoamerican symbolism and observe on the incidence of this cultural heritage in contemporary world. His work has been exhibited in different institutions in Mexico such as Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Museo Tamayo and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Querétaro; and also some institutions in the U.S. like The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Black Cube Nomadic Museum in Denver, and TUFTS University in Medford, among other commercial art galleries in Mexico and abroad.