Modesto Bernardo is inspired by the village life and the forceful Tehuana women of the Isthmus.  HIs black and white linocut prints manage to be at once heroic and unsentimental.  Born in the village of Zimatlan de Alvarez in 1963, Modesto studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes as well as with Shinzaburo Takeda at the Taller de Artes Rufino Tamayo. His work has been exhibited in France, Japan, and in Florida, Arizona, Texas and California in the U.S.