Alfonso Mena Pacheco was born in 1961 in Mexico. He studied at La Esmeralda. Throughout his career, Pacheco has received scholarships and recognitions in Mexico and abroad. Between biennials, fairs, contests, salons and groups, he has participated in more than ninety exhibitions. His work is part of museums and private collections in different parts of the world. Alfonso Mena Pacheco currently works and lives between Mexico and New York. "Mena seeks to persuade the viewer through the use of linguistic tools and pictorial techniques that could seem anachronistic in the digital era: encaustic, lead, resin or graphite." His painting is covered with veils that allow us to glimpse the hidden material and a multiplicity of planes that are ...