Dr Lakra

Jerónimo López Ramírez (born 1972), known as Dr Lakra, is a Mexican artist and tattooist based in Oaxaca.

He has shown work internationally in exhibitions including at Tate Modern[1] and Barbican Centre[2] in London, Drawing Center in New York City,[3] Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca [es] in Mexico, and Yokohama Museum of Art in Japan.

Apart from tattooing, his art involves embellishing found images and objects—for instance, dolls, old medical illustrations, and pictures in 1950s Mexican magazines—with macabre or tattoo-style designs.

[4] He is the son of the graphic artist Francisco Toledo[5] and Elisa Ramírez Castañeda, a Mexican anthropologist and poet.

[6] Dr Lakra's work is held in the following permanent collections: