November 2 Painting

Master Painter Benjamin Orozco Lopez was born in Mexico City in 1964. Since his childhood he had a clear tendency for art due to his father´s influence, the Master Painter Benjamin Orozco Mendez, who developed his art in his own home’s studio. It is then, at 15 years old, guided by his father, when he begins his apprenticeship of fascinating world of drawing and painting, and in 1982 when he was only 18, that is published the first comic-book totally illustrated by him. That comic was followed by a great diversity of comic-book titles, which convert him in member of the group of drawing artists that were part of the “Golden Age” of mexican comics. As an illustrator, his works had been published countless times on books and magazines spreading his work to prestigious publishing companies, textile, calendar and games corporations, between many others. As a commercial artist, he has worked with international corporations which manage high quality graphic art, such as The Walt Disney Company and Warner Brothers, Inc. converting him in a “Big League” artist; those assignments lead him to develop many works for important advertising agencies such as J.Walter Thompson, Mc Cann Erickson and many others. When the digital age prevailed in the printed media, Benjamin decided to revolve his field of action and turned out to be a full time portrait artist. Little by little the name of Benjamin Orozco Lopez was winning height as a renowned portrait artist and actually is one of the most prominent that we have in Mexico, painting in his canvas the faces of important personalities of politics, industry, militia, teaching, religion, and so on. By this reason, he has had the opportunity to participate in important projects for the Supreme Court of Justice, the Federal Government, the Bicentennial Celebration of Independence and Centennial of Revolution Comitee, as well as for the Army Cabinet Office of Mexico in national and international projects. His work has been widely recognized and required for military publications, making an important contribution to the cultural legacy of Mexico with paintings of military topic presented in splendid exhibitions at the Heroic Military Academy of Mexico, The Legislative Palace of “San Lazaro” and the mexican Air Force.