Karol Perez is a Mexican-American graphic designer and artist based in Eastern North Carolina that works across print production, branding, installation, and exhibition contexts. Their interdisciplinary practice uses design to explore the relationship between culture and identity.

Perez’s artwork has been shown in Boone, Wilson, and the NC Triangle Area.

Screenprint Designs → Printed Roots

Printed Roots explores Chicano Posters during the Chicano Movements of the 1970s, Incorporating visual elements and themes of Chicano identity, symbolism, and overall what it means to be a first-generation Mexican-American. The symbolic image I use is the cactus or nopal. It is featured on Mexico's flag, a staple food, and used in slang.