Manuel Tzoc

25 February 2026

Artist

Indigenous art

Queer

Guatemala

A man with black body markings holds a grey bar with red text "MEZCLAR UN NUEVO AMASAR LA SANGRE" (Mix a new knead the blood) across his mouth, looking intently forward.

Manuel Tzoc, Moler el olvido / Amasar la sangre, 2021. Photo: Sandra Sebastian. Courtesy of the artist.

Maya K’iche’ poet and visual artist. His work explores and challenges social realities through the intersection of poetic language and visual arts, using both the body and the spoken and written word as creative tools.

A person with dark lines on their body squats on a stone block, holding another stone block with red carved text above their head.

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