Background
Alfonseca was born in Mexico City but showed no artistic inclination while growing up.
Alfonseca was born in Mexico City but showed no artistic inclination while growing up.
When she entered the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), and spent two years studying psychology. This led her to the theories of Freud and from there to surrealism. She found these dream-like images compelling, prompting her to drop out of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and register to study at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "Louisiana Esmeralda".
There she met students who promoted the use of art for social causes and who eventually were invited to visit Russian-Mexican artist Vlady at his studio in Mexico City.
This began a relationship between Alfonseca’s group and the Vlady, which had great influence in her development as an artist. In addition to her art career, she has also co authored a book with Jose Francisco Coello Ugalde, El Bosque De Chapultepec: Un Taurino De Abolengo published by Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia in 2001.
Her work has been exhibited in various parts of Mexico, Latin America and Europe, and she has drawn and done graphic work for various publications including the covers of books, magazines and CDs. She has also been teaching since age 26, mostly in art topics.
Alfonseca was accepted in the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana in 2000.