Leonardo Linares

• Mexico City

Within popular art, cartonería has great importance for its creative development when making various figures with paper and cardboard such as Alebrijes, Judas, as well as skulls and Catrinas for celebrations such as the Day of the Dead.

Descendant of Pedro Linares, an artisan credited with creating the " Alebrijes," sculptures of different sizes that are painted with bright colors and that combine different physiognomic aspects of different animals, the family Linares inherited the trade of cartoneria. Leonardo Linares Vargas is one of the heirs of this popular tradition, learned from his grandfather Don Pedro Linares who taught him the creation of artistic objects made of paper and cardboard. This art has given him international fame, winning awards for his exceptional work and artistic dedication