Alejandro Colunga

Alejandro Colunga is a renowned Mexican artist born in 1948 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. He is part of the Nueva Mexicanidad movement and is celebrated for his surrealist and fantastical imagery which draws from Mexican folk traditions, legends, and a unique sense of whimsy and magic. The imagery here —a figure in a party hat surrounded by balloons, streamers, and a cake with candles—reflects Colunga’s characteristic blend of surrealism and playful, folkloric motifs.