BIOGRAPHY
Luis’s fascination for sculpture began at home in Guadalajara in the 1980’s. He initiated his studies at the Cabañas Cultural Institute. He then left Mexico to travel and to further his education in London, France, Italy, Greece, Israel and Egypt. His studies included working in bronze as well as jewelry design and silver casting techniques. In 1993, he traveled to Spain and made a course in Escuela de Artes y Oficios of Granada with Juan Manuel García as a teacher. Later in 1994, Espiridion made a bronze foundry course in Comerden University of Wales, in the United Kingdom. He went on to win an award at the International Jewelry Exhibition in Guadalajara. Luis has exhibited his works all over Europe and Mexico and since 1994 until now he has been working on several artists’ studios as well as by his own.
Luis’s sculptures of humans and animals are both whimsical and edgy. He rarely uses molds. Often, each piece is unique although his obsession with certain themes doesn’t cease. The animals he creates are known by all, but have some surprising details like shoes, or hands in place of paws or hooves. Actually, they are human beasts. His characters are sensual and mythical; mermaids, angels and dancers. They are always in natural and relaxed poses, sometimes anonymous and fragmented, always alluring and thought provoking. They often go united with poetry written or “tattooed” over their skin. Perhaps suggesting that we each carry a poem, a code that speaks of our lives. Luis’s sculptures may seem fragile or amusing, but they are never classical or conservative. They are as complex and contrasting as the artist himself.
Luis’s sculptures of humans and animals are both whimsical and edgy. He rarely uses molds. Often, each piece is unique although his obsession with certain themes doesn’t cease. The animals he creates are known by all, but have some surprising details like shoes, or hands in place of paws or hooves. Actually, they are human beasts. His characters are sensual and mythical; mermaids, angels and dancers. They are always in natural and relaxed poses, sometimes anonymous and fragmented, always alluring and thought provoking. They often go united with poetry written or “tattooed” over their skin. Perhaps suggesting that we each carry a poem, a code that speaks of our lives. Luis’s sculptures may seem fragile or amusing, but they are never classical or conservative. They are as complex and contrasting as the artist himself.
