Alec Dempster was born in Mexico City in 1971. He grew up in Toronto, where he lived until obtaining a visual arts degree from York University. In 1995 he moved back to Mexico where he remained until recently moving back to Toronto in July of 2009. His training is in printmaking and drawing but he also experiments mixing mediums such as egg tempera, encaustic and collage, depending on the project. As an illustrator he has done magazine illustrations, CD and book covers, festival posters, educational materials, and logos. He has also collaborated with poets from the folk tradition in Mexico. He has had solo exhibitions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, France and Spain. He has been an artist in residence at Coronado Studio in Austin Texas and Saint Micheal’s Print Shop in St. John’s Newfoundland. He has received government grants in Mexico to carry out printmaking projects. He is also an accomplished musician specializing in Son Jarocho music with his own ensemble Café Con Pan.