ENTES

Joan Jiménez, known as ENTES, is a Peruvian artist living between Lima and Miami whose work is rooted in the lived realities, memories, and cultural energies of the street, or barrio. A graduate of Escuela Superior De Bellas Artes Corriente Alterna in Plastic Arts, Jiménez's multidisciplinary practice spans painting, sculpture, printmaking, and urban interventions. In Chile in 2002, he started calling himself Entes in reference to his role as an artist in the Latin American graffiti movement.

Together with the graffiti artist Pésimo, he forms the duo Entes & Pésimo. His work appears in the video clip for Latinoamérica by Calle 13. ENTES celebrates Latin American and Afro-descendant communities, reflecting on migration, collective resilience, and the emotional landscapes that define neighborhood life.

For more than twenty-five years, he has engaged the city as both a site of creation and a source of knowledge. His early practice in graffiti and muralism shaped his understanding of public space as a place of dialogue where identity, belonging, and social tension become visible. In Lima, Peru, Jiménez has exhibited at L'imaginaire Gallery, Inca Garcilaso Cultural Center, Espacio Venancio Shinki, and Circuito Mágico del Agua.