Hugo Alfredo, Daniel Alonso, and Luis Angel Vilchis are sons of the well-known contemporary self-taught painter
Alfredo Vilchis Roque. They live in a working class barrio of Mexico City, and have learned the trade and tradition
from their father, who's work is well-known and frequently exhibited internationally. Their paintings have been shown,
along with their fathers, in Mexico City, Paris, Miami, Chicago, and Seattle. Their family's art
is the subject of 2 books: Infinite Gracias: Contemporary Mexican Votive Paintings, and Rue des Miracles.
Luis, Hugo, and Daniel Vilchis (from left to right), Mexico City 2006.
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Luis, Alfredo and grandson, Daniel and Hugo Vilchis (from left to right),
in studio, Mexico City 2004.
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Alfredo Vilchis' self-portrait, in studio, with Hugo Vilchis
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Luis Vilchis with his ex-voto/ Vilchis brother's paintings, in family studio, Mexico City
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Hugo Vilchis, Mexico City, 2008
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Daniel Vilchis, Mexico City, 2008
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In Vilchis Family studio, Mexico City
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Alfredo Vilchis' self-portrait, in family studio, Mexico City
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Box of paints, Vilchis Family studio, Mexico City
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