Jan Hendrix is an artist who has lived and worked in Mexico since 1978. Hendrix received the Order of the Aztec Eagle from the Mexican government for his work in art and architecture and has participated in the creation of some sets for the Compañía Nacional de Teatro and collaborated with writers—like Gabriel García Márquez, Seamus Heaney, Bert Schierbeek, etc—in the production of authors’ books, that he painstakingly illustrates with original works. He exhibits in three to four shows per year. He has presented solo shows in the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, the Imperial Archives of the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam for mentioning some.