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Eric de Llamas
Eric de Llamas is a Texas-based artist, originally from the city of Corpus Christi. The south Texas environment surrounded the artist with imagery that informed him about Hispanic life and Catholicism in the barrio. Later, he moved with his family to settle in the white suburbs of north Texas. His attempt to assimilate in Plano while still a young adolescent led to a dichotomy between the two cultures; one that he continues to resolve within himself. This conflict serves as a catalyst for his evolving visual vocabulary, making work that creates a commentary on a broad range of political, cultural, and spiritual issues.
Eric earned his BFA from Texas A&M University-Commerce in 2011, where he met his colleague, Sam England. Aesthetically, he finds much of his inspiration from artists that employ both narrative and illustrative elements in their work, such as Robyn O’Neil, Victor Castillo, Henry Darger, and Rigoberto Gonzalez . Much of Eric’s past work has focused on issues relating to Mexico’s drug war, but has recently turned his attention to the nature of cable news punditry.
Eric de Llamas is a Texas-based artist, originally from the city of Corpus Christi. The south Texas environment surrounded the artist with imagery that informed him about Hispanic life and Catholicism in the barrio. Later, he moved with his family to settle in the white suburbs of north Texas. His attempt to assimilate in Plano while still a young adolescent led to a dichotomy between the two cultures; one that he continues to resolve within himself. This conflict serves as a catalyst for his evolving visual vocabulary, making work that creates a commentary on a broad range of political, cultural, and spiritual issues.
Eric earned his BFA from Texas A&M University-Commerce in 2011, where he met his colleague, Sam England. Aesthetically, he finds much of his inspiration from artists that employ both narrative and illustrative elements in their work, such as Robyn O’Neil, Victor Castillo, Henry Darger, and Rigoberto Gonzalez . Much of Eric’s past work has focused on issues relating to Mexico’s drug war, but has recently turned his attention to the nature of cable news punditry.
