Dr Lakra


Jerónimo López Ramírez, known as Dr Lakra, is a Mexican artist and tattooist based in Oaxaca. Apart from tattooing, his art involves embellishing found images and objects—for instance, dolls, old medical illustrations, and pictures in 1950s Mexican magazines—with macabre or tattoo-style designs.
He has shown work internationally in exhibitions including Stolen Bike at the Andrew Kreps Gallery in New York City, Los Dos Amigos at MACO in Mexico, Pin Up at Tate Modern and Pierced Hearts and True Love at The Drawing Center in New York. In 2008 he participated in the Goth: Reality of the Departed World exhibition at the Yokohama Museum of Art, curated by Eriko Kimura.
He is the son of the graphic artist Francisco Toledo and Elisa Ramírez Castañeda, a Mexican anthropologist and poet. He is also the brother of Natalia Toledo and Laureana Toledo.
In 2007, he co-produced the book Los Dos Amigos'with artist Abraham Cruzvillegas.
His works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Hammer Museum and the Walker Art Center.

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