Brothers Einar and Jamex de la Torre were born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1963 and 1960, respectively. They moved to California in 1972, where they spent their teen years in a wealthy, largely Anglo area of Orange County. As two of only 10 Mexican-American students at their school, the brothers learned to speak English and to negotiate American popular culture in a unique setting, one which gave them a distinct perspective that infuses their art even now.

The brothers presently live and working in both Ensenada, Mexico and San Diego, Calif. Jamex started lampworking glass in 1977, attended California State University at Long Beach under scholarship and received his bachelor of fine arts in sculpture in 1983. Einar started work with glass in 1980 and also attended California State University at Long Beach.

James attended Pilchuck School of Glass under scholarship twice and Einar attended Pilchuck as teacher's assistant to Therman Statom. Both have owned and operated a flame-worked glass figure business since 1981.

Their work is in many museum and institutional collections, including:

- Arizona State University; San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
- The Kanazu Museum in Kanazu, Japan
- The Fisher Gallery Museum at University of Southern California
- Tucson Museum of Art
- The Mexican Fine Art Center Museum in Chicago

They have also work in private collections of:

- Cheech Marin
- Elton John
- Terry McMillan
- Sandra Cisneros
- Quincy Troupe

In describing their work for their 2005 two-man exhibition at Tacoma, Washington's Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tina Oldknow wrote, "Visually loud, with loaded iconography and aggressive colors, the mixed-media sculpture and installations of Einar and Jamex de la Torre explore a variety of disparate topics and materials. Their works are confrontational, yet they also exhibit a playful element: the artists' engaging, albeit dark, humor.''

Additionally, the brothers evoke their Mexican heritage in myriad ways - referencing Aztec gods, mother goddesses, the Catholic Church, Mexican folk art, American popular culture, and political and economic issues. Although themes of creation, destruction, sacrifice, and renewal pervade their work, their sense of humor is also in ample evidence. Using traditional glass-blowing techniques and incorporating found objects from flea markets and other sources, the glass pieces of the de la Torre brothers are a "syncretistic stew of ancient and modern symbols where the aesthetic rule of horror vacui reigns,'' Oldknow wrote.