{{Short description|Mexican artist and tattooist}} '''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<ref name="tate">{{cite web|access-date=2023-08-04|title=Pin-Up: Contemporary Collage and Drawing – Press Release|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/press/press-releases/pin-contemporary-collage-and-drawing|website=Tate}}</ref> and Barbican Centre<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-08-04|title=London Diary - Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector at Barbican|url=https://www.theculturist.com/home/london-diary-magnificent-obsessions-the-artist-as-collector.html|date=26 April 2015|website=The Culturist}}</ref> in London, Drawing Center in New York City,<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|access-date=2023-08-04|title=A Tattoo Master, Off the Street, Into the Gallery|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/arts/design/dr-lakra-exhibits-tattoo-inspired-drawings-in-new-york.html|date=24 March 2011|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> {{ill|Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca|es}} in Mexico, and Yokohama Museum of Art in Japan.{{cn|date=June 2019}} His works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Hammer Museum and Walker Art Center.

==Work== 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.<ref>[https://www.h2g2.com/entry/A12505457 Dr Lakra], review at BBC</ref>

==Family== He is the son of the graphic artist Francisco Toledo<ref>[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/143121.html Alumnos amagan con ´tomar´ la Universidad de Oaxaca] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214204824/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/143121.html |date=2013-12-14 }}, Jorge Octavio Ochoa, ''El Universal'', 21 September 2006</ref> and Elisa Ramírez Castañeda, a Mexican anthropologist and poet. He is also the brother of Natalia Toledo (poet) and Laureana Toledo (artist).<ref>[http://www.artspawn.com/artists/Dr._Lakra Biography of Dr. Lakra at Artspawn], Artspawn</ref>

==Publications== *''Los Dos Amigos'' (2007) – with Abraham Cruzvillegas

==Exhibitions/projects== {{BLP unsourced section|date=June 2019}} * 1993 Dr Lakra, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin * 2005 ''Los Dos Amigos'', Dr. Lakra & Abraham Cruzvillegas, {{ill|Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca|es}} (MACO), Oaxaca, Mexico * 2010 Dr Lakra, The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, MA * 2011 Dr Lakra, Amparo Museum (museo Amparo), Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. * 2011 Dr Lakra, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey (MARCO) Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. * 2012 Mexican Demons and Dancing Skeletons, Holstebro Art Museum, Denmark * 2019 ''Diario de Viaje'', Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO), Mexico<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reyes |first=Lisbeth Mejía |date=2019-10-02 |title=Dr. Lakra comparte su “diario de viaje” |url=https://imparcialoaxaca.mx/arte-y-cultura/dr-lakra-comparte-su-diario-de-viaje/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=El Imparcial de Oaxaca |language=es}}</ref>

===Group exhibitions=== *''Stolen Bike'', Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City *''Pin Up: Contemporary Collage and Drawing'', Tate Modern, London, December – January 2005<ref name="tate"/> *''Pierced Hearts and True Love'', Drawing Center, New York City<ref name="nytimes"/> *''Goth: Reality of the Departed World'', Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, 2008, curated by Eriko Kimura *''Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector'', Barbican Centre, London, February–May 2015<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-08-04|title='Magnificent Obsessions', magnificent show|url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/magnificent-obsessions-magnificent-show-artists-collections-barbican/|date=16 February 2015|website=Apollo Magazine}}</ref>

==Collections== Dr Lakra's work is held in the following permanent collections: *Museum of Modern Art<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/|title=The Collection &#124; MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art}}</ref> *Hammer Museum<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/press_release_51.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525122940/http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/press_release_51.htm|url-status=dead|title=Press release, hammer.ucla.edu|archivedate=May 25, 2008}}</ref> *Walker Art Center<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://annualreport.walkerart.org/2006/acquisitions/01.htm|title=Acquisitions and Gifts: Walker Art Center Annual Report 2005-2006|website=annualreport.walkerart.org}}</ref>

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