Born in 1972 in Oaxaca, Cruz Alejandro has always had a passion for art and painting. Cruz’s art style embraces both aspects of realism and surrealism, oftentimes painting front views of walls with windows and doors that are deteriorating with time. For this, he has been known to describe his genre of painting as “Poética del Abandono,” roughly translated to “Poetry of Abandonment”. This year, in commemoration of Day of the Dead, a collection of ten paintings from his exhibition “Del Personaje al Hueso” (From Character to Bone) is on display at Mercado La Paloma from October to November.