The grid: Roberto Benavidez’s playful piñatas

“Being mixed race, I enjoy this mashup of the Mexican piñata form with western imagery,” says Benavidez. “It becomes a reflection of myself.” He renders these hybrid beings in fantastical detail, with delicate paper feathers and scales layered on to tumescent balloon bodies. “I like that the piñata form is so accessible both as an artist – inexpensive materials – and as a viewer, being less intimidating than traditional arts,” Benavidez says. “It’s a form anyone can try.”