Erick García Briones or El Insomne is a visual artist from Chiapas who passionately explores illustration, since 2013 with the creation of the Wo’oj brand he was able to show the typical colors of his native Chiapas, along with his unique vision of design, which through mixed techniques, seeks to extract elements from everyday life and contextualize them on the canvas.
“Of loves and passions, the one that always lasts is drawing and coffee because everything else is diluted in the calm waters of time.”</ strong>
“I hunt chickens, men hunt me…” 2017
“The most unusual characters appear in dreams…” 2020
Erick García Briones, committed to his social work, collaborates with Sembrando Amor, a project that donates food, clothing, toys, medicine and carries out artistic activities in Tapachula, where the artist offers workshops on therapy through art and storytelling for children and adolescents in vulnerable contexts.
“Reckless at heart, illustrator by conviction, human par excellence, insomniac by decision and drawer of dreamlike creatures”.
– Erick Garcia Briones
Graduated from the Autonomous University of Chiapas, he teaches classes in traditional pictorial and illustration techniques, from oil, acrylic, watercolor, graphite to woodwork; combined with tools to help your students express their emotions through art.
Learn more about him at
Absenta 31. Malabares
Explore his work using our tour
Get to know the work of Erick García Briones and other Mexican painters during the 2022 edition of Expo Café in CDMX through of the Virtual Tour of the Art Gallery of Amor Café.