Talk With Your Mouth Full: Enrique López Llamas

Initially conceived in 2019, "Talk With Your Mouth Full" (TWYMF) is a series of seasonal brunches intended to build community among artists and arts enthusiasts, through a shared meal and an artist-led activation. Free + open to the public, with a suggested $5 donation. Please bring a dish if you are willing and able!

On Saturday, September 26 at 11:00am, a special TWYMF brunch will be helmed by López Llamas. As a featured artist, López Llamas will shape the meal by choosing an ingredient for a main dish prepared by a local chef. This event offers an opportunity to break bread with the artist and see his ongoing solo exhibition at BCHQ, A million more things to keep me awake.

(b. 1993, Aguascalientes, Mexico) explores current phenomena through the appropriation and reinterpretation of strategies and visual imagery from art history and his personal experience. Through fiction, memory, humor, and nostalgia, he develops ideas that translate into media such as painting, video, performance, and installation. His recent 28-part sculptural installation at Mexico City’s Salón ACME, I Am the Resurrection and I Am the Life (2026), was featured in , , , and , among other publications. The artist recently completed the Tracey Emin Foundation’s Victoria House Residency program in Margate, UK.

López Llamas is a Graduate in Plastic Arts from the University of Guanajuato and member of the SOMA 2021 Educational Program. He has been a beneficiary of the Jóvenes Creadores grant from FONCA and PECDA. His work has been exhibited in Mexico, USA, Ecuador and Colombia. He won the acquisition prize at the 10th Enrique Guzmán Drawing and Painting Biennial of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo #8 and the XXVII Concurso Nacional de Artes Visuales. In recent years his work has been included in public and private collections such as the Boris and Rocío Hirmas Collection, Fundación CALOSA, Moisés Cosío Collection, Alma Colectiva Collection, R+S Collection, Zarur Collection and the Instituto Cultural de Aguascalientes.

This program is part of Opening Weekend for Enrique López Llamas's solo exhibition, A million more things to keep me awake. Please see below for additional programs:

• Friday, September 25, 6:00pm—8:00pm | Join us for an evening reception for Enrique López Llamas's solo exhibition at BCHQ, A million more things to keep me awake. Free + open to the public. Learn more + RSVP here.
• Saturday, September 26, 1:00pm—4:00pm | Public viewing hours for A million more things to keep me awake. RSVP here.
• Starting October 1, 2026 through January 16, 2027: A million more things to keep me awake will be on view during public hours, Thursdays through Saturdays, 11am—3pm, through January 16, 2027. Appointments preferred, but not required; walk-ins welcome. Appointments can be made online here.