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San Antonio Arrazola, Oaxaca, México
Angelico Jiménez Hernández is a Mexican contemporary artist and artisan born in 1954 in San Antonio Arrazola, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán in the state of Oaxaca, México. He has been creating wood carved alebrijes or “fantastical animals”, as he prefers to call them, since the age of twelve after learning the craft from his father Don Manuel Jiménez.
As a child in the 1960's, Angelico would help his father sell his art in the market at the Zócalo in Oaxaca City. Don Manuel and Angelico worked in the fields during the day, and would go door to door to sell their work. However things changed after a visit from filmmaker Judith Bronowski, who visited their studio and decided to film a documentary about their work and their lives as artists in Oaxaca. Then in 1978, Judith invited Don Manuel and Angelico to visit her in LA and exhibit their work at a major art gallery. This event created global interest in their work, and since then they were able to have exhibition in Mexico City, China, and Japan.
As a collaboration with Heirlome, Angelico recreated his trademark ‘fur strokes’ or ‘dashes’ that he paints all over his fantastical creatures, as to allow the wearer to become the fantastical creature herself.
In December 2024, the artistic world mourned the loss of Mr. Angelico Jimenez Hernandez. His daughter, Maricarmen Jimenez, is proudly continuing his work and operating the workshop from its original location, ensuring his craft and legacy endure.
San Antonio Arrazola, Oaxaca, México
Angelico Jiménez Hernández is a Mexican contemporary artist and artisan born in 1954 in San Antonio Arrazola, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán in the state of Oaxaca, México. He has been creating wood carved alebrijes or “fantastical animals”, as he prefers to call them, since the age of twelve after learning the craft from his father Don Manuel Jiménez.
As a child in the 1960's, Angelico would help his father sell his art in the market at the Zócalo in Oaxaca City. Don Manuel and Angelico worked in the fields during the day, and would go door to door to sell their work. However things changed after a visit from filmmaker Judith Bronowski, who visited their studio and decided to film a documentary about their work and their lives as artists in Oaxaca. Then in 1978, Judith invited Don Manuel and Angelico to visit her in LA and exhibit their work at a major art gallery. This event created global interest in their work, and since then they were able to have exhibition in Mexico City, China, and Japan.
As a collaboration with Heirlome, Angelico recreated his trademark ‘fur strokes’ or ‘dashes’ that he paints all over his fantastical creatures, as to allow the wearer to become the fantastical creature herself.
In December 2024, the artistic world mourned the loss of Mr. Angelico Jimenez Hernandez. His daughter, Maricarmen Jimenez, is proudly continuing his work and operating the workshop from its original location, ensuring his craft and legacy endure.
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