
Dalila Mendez is a Chicago based artist who has received an associate degree in Arts at Malcolm X College. Mendez is currently studying at Northeastern Illinois University to receive a Bachelors of Arts in Art Education. Mendez had her first group exhibition “Absurdity: In Dada We Trust” in Highland Park Chicago, and recently participated in presenting and selling her work at The Other Art Fair in Chicago, Illinois. Mendez works with oil paint on canvas and colored pencil and makes artwork that focuses on toys she finds and collects. Mendez enjoys going to flea markets, collecting found objects, and watching horror movies based on true events which inspires her work.