Hugo Crosthwaite

Hugo Crosthwaite was born in Tijuana, Mexico in 1971 and grew up in the tourist-heavy beach town of Rosarito. His work is completed using solely pencil and charcoal.

'I love the immediacy and tactility of drawing, the breaking of the white surface with images from my own personal narrative. I let the act of drawing dictate my compositions. My works are completed using graphite and charcoal. This medium allows me to seamlessly combine classical figurative representation with modern abstraction. This mixture creates feelings of chaos and spontaneity, reminiscent of Tijuana, Mexico, the city from where I came.'

Hugo graduated from San Diego State University in 1997 with a BA in Applied Arts and Sciences from the School of Art, Art Design and Art History. The artist's works have been included in numerous solo gallery shows, traveling museum shows and biennial competitions in both the U.S. and Mexico.

Current: The Very Large Array: San Diego/Tijuana Artists in the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
Future: 2013 California-Pacific Triennial, curated by Dan Cameron at the Orange County Museum of Art.