Hilda Palafox (aka Poni)
Hilda Palafox, “Poni”, is one of those illustrators whose drawings could be a poem. She grew up and is based in Mexico City, she has an bachelor’s degree in Integral Design and since 2006 has been spreading her beautifully crafted dolls around her home country. Her illustrations carry an air of pureness and at times, a very elegant apathy. She creates gentle balances amongst colors and black and white. She enjoys mixing and matching techniques, for each piece the results are always held together by gracefulness. Subtle suggestions of expressions and emotions held together by light bodies and romantic surroundings. In recent years she’s embarked on bringing her work into delicate ceramic pieces. She has illustrated for magazines, singers and several national and international brands. Apart from her illustration work she has been commissioned to adorn murals from the paradisiac island of Holbox in Quintana Roo to crusty walls in Mexico City rooftops. Her characters fit in, they invite you to watch, from their pupil-less glances to their doe eyed stares, a seduction that could only be a vision. —Ivonne Alcántara
