Rodrigo Echeverria is a self-taught painter from a conservative Catholic background who began painting at an early age. After graduating from University, he saw that real learning happens outside of institutions. He opted for museums, art residencies, and exploring different cultures and countries. According to acclaimed writer Nicolas Medina Mora, Echeverría “follows a very different scent of formal laws than those that govern much of contemporary Mexican art. His oeuvre is too diverse and too original to fit comfortably in one or another school, and the omnivorous curiosity that nurtures his sensibility could well be described as “neo-baroque.”