Alejandro Ceballos

Alejandro Ceballos believes that his art represents contemporary and modern language, images, feelings and ideas. His work is inspired by everyday life and occurrences, but he paints in what he calls "primitive form" which is born of a spontaneous and spur-of-the-moment feeling. "Lines and figures express the way I feel, and they express the way you felt at that moment. The quality of your artwork must be original and it must carry a piece of you and of your expressions."

Born in Mexico, Ceballos has always had an interest in painting. His father, an architect and painter, taught him to love art. He remembers his passion for art even as a young boy, spending time in his father's office painting. At age nine, he was assigned his own private art instructor. Between 1985 and 1986, he attended an exchange program in Wisconsin where he took art and drafting classes, and in 1988 he attended Arizona State University where he studied art theory, painting and composition. He has a degree in graphic design from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara.

His graphic design training shows in the use of flat colors and defined shapes, but he maintains the mystery of the handpainted surface. "He who wants to paint should paint."