Tokebi

Bernal Aguilar (born 1981), also known as Tokebi (stylized as TOKEBI) is a Guatemalan digital artist, illustrator, and university professor, best known for incorporating skulls, bright neon colors, and a kitsch aesthetic into his work. Tokebi gained recognition when the Grammy-winning heavy metal band Mastodon personally selected him to design their merchandise for the 2019 European Tour. In 2014, Tokebi with a group of local and international artists founded and participated in several artistic collective exhibitions with the aim of uniting international and Korean artists called Nothing Serious I and Nothing Serious II respectively, in Seoul, South Korea. However, most of his work is related to the music industry, especially in the indie, rock, hip hop and electronic music scene, working with bands like Grammy winner Mastodon, Calcium, and local bands in United States, Australia, Europe, among others. Tokebi is currently a professor at Universidad del Istmo in Guatemala, In 2022, the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala enlisted Tokebi in the National Artist Registry.