Ivan Bautista graduated from the School of Fine Arts of the Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca, with a specialty in graphic arts. In 2009, he made an academic exchange at the National School of Plastic Arts, ENAP-UNAM. In 2018, he was the guest Artist at the prestigious Festival “Engraving Zealand” in Chicago, the same year he participating in exhibitions in Tokyo, Osaka and Kochi, Japan. In 2012, he received the honorable mention at the National Biennial “Shinzaburo Takeda”; in 2016, he was credited the 2nd place. In 2019, he received the UABJO prize from the same Biennial.Ivan has exhibited internationally in Mexico, Cuba, China, Japan, Argentina, Uruguay, Australia, USA, France, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Sweden, Finland, South Africa, Serbia, Canada, Taiwan. He is currently part of the Burro Press Workshop and is based in Oaxaca City.