Alejandro Magallenes is internationally recognized as a graphic designer, illustrator, poet, and artist. Born in Mexico City in 1971, he studied Graphic Design at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Magallanes experiments with poetry, animation/videos in his sculptures, photographs, and drawings. The recipient of multiple international awards, his work has been published in numerous books and magazines around the world. He has also written 10 childrens books and two books of poetry.