Hello! My name is Ivo and I am from Mexico. I’m ready for travel and to get myself full of adventures, learning a lot from people.

I’m an artist based in Mexico City. I enjoy a lot painting shiny characters and doing claymation.
Mostly, I focus on amusing experiences, creating the world I enjoy thinking about and conveying archetypical ideas through colors and synthetic means. ☁️The creations I am committed to let me live cheerfully ☁️

On my daily life I love to share my inspirations and learn from other people’s fervors.
I enjoy cooking all kind of meals, reading and plunging myself into new knowledge, watching movies and specially to remain open to new amusing experiences. You can always find something marvelous in every detail!

I like to go out and experiment the cultural frame of my hometown and so with other cities around the globe. I usually assist to exhibitions and sometimes to concerts, there I love to meet new people and learn more about what I’m passionate of.

You can expect from me the desire to have conversations of almost anything as I’m in the wake of adventure and friendship. 💨🆒

Here are some trusty links that can provide you with a glimpse of my personality:

https://www.ivoloyola.com/en/home
https://www.instagram.com/loyolaivo/

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I joined couchsurfing to share my place, to provide travelers with firsthand experience of my hometown and helping them remain free of the awful tourist’s traps. While traveling, I love to meet locals as I find it to be the truest form of travelling. They imprint their charisma on the area you are visiting and surprise you with a great vibe.

Interests

• arts
• culture
• fashion
• contemporary art
• photography
• concerts
• chocolate
• cartoons
• movies
• drawing
• music
• animation
• art history
• art
• adventure
• fun
• video
• galleries
• art museums
• icecream
• secret places
• unexpected
• secrets
• clay
• realart

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
I am really into most of music genres 🎶
Some of the bands and artists I like:

Death Grips, GFOTY, Charli XCX and PC music, NTS radio, Brian Eno, Tim Hecker, Sun Kil Moon, The knife, Deathspell Omega, Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, Have a nice life, Oneohtrix Point Never, Ramleh, Kendrick Lamar, Silver Mt. Zion, Sleep Research Facility, Nico Muhly, Matmos, Supreme NTM, YG, John Maus, Violeta Parra, Neil Cicieraga, Mac De Marco, LCD soundsystem, Estrella Morente, Camaron de la isla, …. And more…

Films and Directors 🎬

Apichatpong Weerasehakul, David Lynch, Luis Buñuel, Robert Bresson, Yazujiro Ozu, Werner Herzog, Terry Guilliam, Chris Marker, Alfred Hitchcock, Godard, Jacques Tati, Claire Denis…

Mishima, Eight and a half, Barton Fink, Munk & Lemij, Vampyr, Viridiana, The battle of Algiers, Twin Peaks, Pickpocket, Sans Soleil, White Material…

Favorite Books 📚

Uzumaki/Junji Ito, The temple of the Golden Pavillion/Mishima, Transcendental style in film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer/Paul Schrader, The burnout society/Byung-Chul Han, Eloge de l’individu/Tzvetan Todorov, To read Donald Duck/Ariel Dorfman, Pensees/Pascal,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

🛡️ Visiting the tomb of an ancient Viking buried in top of a mountain
⛰️ Walking through most of a river at a Mexican Canyon
👾 Covered an entire room with gigantic plastic monsters
🍕🖼️ Threw crazybreads at a painting with a trebuchet
🎮Programed a videogame where there isn’t anything to achieve
👀Produced a shortfilm of exotic proportions

Teach, Learn, Share

I am down for learning from everyone. Specially, I love to hear people’s inspirations , getting to know their experience and sharing mine.

If you visit Mexico City I can show you where to eat and amusing places to visit. Especially, I can present you mexico city artsy scene as I usually assist to galleries and exhibitions. I can help you be in the know of what’s going on refering to the cultural multiverse.

I am curious about almost anything, specially about art, music, literature, film, theory. For me, the most important part is to learn about the place I’m visiting and it’s inner magic. ✨

What I Can Share with Hosts

🖍️I can share what I know about, maybe some artsy advice or any musical recommendations 🖍️

🍬On my visit I can provide you with Mexican treats and candies 🍬

🏠I can keep up and help with house errands.🏠

✨I also can share my inspirations and my passion for art✨

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Iceland, Morocco, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico