Inspiration from the melting pot

Mexican artist Patricia Calvo's fascination with other cultures - especially Asia's - started in kindergarten.

"My family lived in Havana when I was small," she said. "It was very cosmopolitan, and I was actually in a Vietnamese kindergarten, so I got sucked into Asian culture right away.

"Also, we had this wonderful black woman living with us, Selina, whose parents were from Cuba and Benin. She was like a nanny, and she took care of us kids. She was a huge lady," the artist said. "And she was courted by this tiny man who was third-generation Chinese - with blue eyes!