Nacido en Quito, Christian Tapia Enríquez es un artista gráfico que ha explorado diversos lenguajes, desde el mural hasta el dibujo expandido. Graduado en la Facultad de Artes de la Universidad Central del Ecuador, su obra explora la masculinidad, la memoria familiar y el género. Fue profesor en el Instituto Metropolitano de Diseño, La Metro (2013–2019). Desde 2019 es codirector de Spacio Cultural y desde 2013 forma parte del equipo educativo de Arteducarte. Ha sido parte de exhibiciones colectivas en No Lugar, Más Arte, Museo Nacional del Ecuador, entre otras. Su última exhibición individual, llamada “Quebrar las entrañas!!” (2025), fue en N24 Galería. Es autor de murales emblemáticos en todo el país; su trabajo más reciente fue crear la línea gráfica del Quitofest, el festival de música más importante del país. Su taller está ubicado en Spacio Cultural, en el Centro Histórico de Quito.
Christian Tapia (Quito - Ecuador)
Drawing is the basis of all his creations. A drawing with a marked personal style that has been built over the years by means of a free stroke that it moves away from the traditional canons. By means of graphite, Chinese ink or the rapidograph, he momentarily abandons color to become a born draftsman, focused on the creation that is born from a point on a white background. With a specialization in engraving and sculpture, he worked from hand and tool as part of his formal education. However, he was always drawn to computer technology. For this reason, some of his works are worked through digital intervention, a resource that allows him to exploit his creativity through experimentation and without giving up his personal style.
Christian Tapia investigates the possibilities of art beyond the classic and traditional by experimenting with different supports and materials that go from paper to mural through digital art. Always with hidden messages that are made evident through the image and that are nourished by its reality. A reflective work full of meanings and accompanied by the permanent development of symbols. Currently he continues to work on the concept of rituality, but this time with more joyful rituals alluding to those same memories as a celebration of his identity. A work where technique and subject matter perfectly complement each other and in which you want others to be able to recognize each other.
Maria Elisa Flores
Art critic