Sergio Mojica was born in El Salvador and grew up in New
York City. A self taught artist and musician he believes that music and art
influence each other. Some of the musicians who have shaped his art have been
Carlos Santana and Thelonious Monk to name a few. He sees his art as a marriage
between the old folklore of Latin America and the European influnces such as
Surrealism, Abstraction, as well as Expressionism. It is somewhere between
these vast universes that Sergio exists while trying to defy category. He says,
"I still refer to some of these art movements as "cool" since
their age to me is irrelevant. These styles were cool then and they will
forever be "cool" to me. I am influenced by countless artists
musically and artistically, even by writers such as Rod Serling or subversive
poets like Roque Dalton. My inspiration comes from every day people and
life."
