Efraín Velasco
Artist, Writing
Mexico
(Oaxaca, 1977) Poet and conceptual artist with studies in architecture and art history. Author of the books & my tokonoma voice, 4 ’33” and Sostiene Gruñón. He has been included in anthologies such as The Far East in Mexican Poetry (in edition), San Diego Poetry Annual (2015), Country of shadow and fire (2010), and El vertigo en los aires, Latin American poetry (2007), among others. . Part of his work has been translated into English and Serbian, and his explorations between image and text have been exhibited in different exhibition spaces such as the Blaffer Art Museum (USA), El Matadero (Spain), the National Museum de Bellas Artes (Chile) and the Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico, among others. In addition to participating in readings in different forums in the country, as well as in Colombia, USA and Serbia. He was a FONCA fellow in the Young Creators edition (2008-2009). He is currently the director of the Central Public Library of the city of Oaxaca..
