Erik Tlaseca's "Crystal Meth Vampires" presents a monochromatic composition featuring fluid, abstract shapes that evoke imagery of cloaked figures or hands, executed in bold, sweeping brushstrokes. The drawing's haunting yet ambiguous forms suggest themes of transformation or identity, perhaps reflecting on societal or personal shifts. Tlaseca employs an expressive, gestural technique, lending the piece a dynamic, almost spiritual quality. His work often explores themes of memory and change, and this piece may allude to the transformative and sometimes destructive nature of addiction. ...
Erik Bernado Tlaseca Gaona
(Mexico, CDMX, 1989)
Interdisciplinary visual artist. His work addresses themes that arise from unattainable memories and images that touch on territorial transformations and changes in identity. He studied Plastic and Visual Arts at the ENPEG "La Esmeralda". In 2017 he was part of the Photographic Production Seminar of Centro de la Imagen. In 2014-2015 and 2018-2019 he was the recipient of the FONCA Young Creators scholarship and between 2019 and 2020 he was part of the BBVA - MACG grant program. He has done artistic residency programs at Motel Spatie, Holland, at WRO Art Center, Poland, and at KUNCI Cultural Studies Center, Indonesia, as well as participated in various group exhibitions, including the Jakarta Biennial in Indonesia. He is a founding member of the Cooperativa Cráter Invertido, Zungale, Taller de Producción Editorial. ...
