Raúl created an interpretation of an Ancient Egyptian false door made out of Mexican chocolate and amaranto.

Raúl del Olmo Tavera (Mexico City)

Graduate of Visual Arts from the National School of Painting “La Esmeralda”, holds a masters in Museology from the ENCRYM-INAH and is a candidate for a PhD in Aesthetic Theories at the University of Guanajuato.

He has participated in group and individual exhibitions inside and outside Mexico, in addition to developing museum projects and collaborating in art and design for film and television.

His artistic work explores the permanence of symbols, ideas and visual forms from hermetic and alchemical traditions in contemporary art and culture. Through painting, object and intervention, he investigates the relationship between myth, ritual, memory and visual language, returning to references that range from the ancient Egyptian civilization to its symbolic presence today.