b. 1953

Born 1953, Mexico City

Lives & Works in the U.S.

Education & Early Formation

1970 - 1973 | Travels to Middle East and European countries studying art

1973 - 1976 | School of Fine Arts and Design, Mexico City

1979 - 1981 | Fine Arts Academy, Florence, Italy

Italian Embassy Grant recipient

Solo Exhibitions

1976 - 1977 | The Gallery, San Diego, CA, USA

1981 | Gallery "Il Punto," Florence, Italy

1987 | Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA

1988 | Jacob Javitz Center, New York City Frederick Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL, USA

1990 | Blackwood Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA

1991 | Hasegawa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1996 | "The Angel" project, Alberto Mizrachi Gallery, Mexico City

1999 | New River Gallery, Miami, USA

2013 | Gallery Rosario Castellanos, Mexico City

2014 | Greenhill Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

2016 | Metropolitan University Gallery, Mexico City

2021 | Green Hill Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina

 

Major Group Exhibitions & Projects

1982 | Museum Carrillo Gil, Mexico City

First Biennial Rufino Tamayo, Oaxaca, Mexico

1983 | Mexican Hall of Painting, Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City

1984 | Diego Rivera Biennial, Guanajuato, Mexico Southwestern College, San Diego, CA

Amate Paper exhibition, Museum of Monterrey, Mexico

1985 | "Los Apócrifos," San Carlos Museum, Mexico City National Hall of Drawing, Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City

1988 | "The Nude in Mexico," Arvil Gallery, Mexico City

1989 | Installation: "From the Concrete to the Concrete," Modern Art Museum, Mexico City "Objects and Masks," Juan Martin Gallery, Mexico City

1991 | "Homage to Van Gogh," Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City "Homage to Stravinsky," Japan Embassy, Mexico

1992 | "Europalia 93," Brussels, Belgium

1994 | "Art of the Bullfights," Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico (Prize Winner) 1998 | Official poster for FIFA World Cup France '98, representing Mexico 2004 | "The Urban Cactus," Mexico City

2005 | "Cow Parade," Mexico City

2025 | Cavalier Galleries, New York

 

Public Art & Commissions

1992 | Mural for Corporate Building "Forum," Mexico City

1994 - 1998 | Multiple murals for Andersen Consulting

2000 | Aluminum murals for Fiesta Americana Hotel facade, Mexico City

2003 - 2004 | Two monumental sculptures for Tokoro Museum of Modern Art entrance, Omishima, Japan

2005 | Steel sculpture "The Secret Voyage," permanent collection, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA

2006 | Public bench installation, Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City

2009 | "The Kissing Doors" in silver, Tokoro Museum, Japan

2017 | Monumental painting for World Vision NGO

2020 | Sculpture "Aqua" for Banamex Bank exhibition, Mexico City 2022 | Painting commission for Department of Education, Mexico City 2023 | "The Friendship Bench" project for Israeli Embassy, Mexico City

Celebrating 70 years of Mexico-Israel diplomatic relations

2024 | Twelve vertical sculptures (12 feet each), Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City

 

Editorial & Design Work

1977 - 1978 | Designer, Editorial Hermes

1978 - 1979 | Designer, Editorial Patria

1987 - 2012 | Cover designs for Nexos Magazine, Mexico (ongoing collaboration)

1996 | Poster design for Maccabean Games, Israel

2005 | Commemorative postal stamp: "100 Years of Jewish Presence in Mexico"

2012 | Cover design, Revista de la Universidad de México

2013 | Poster and playbill for Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina

2014 | Poster and imagery for International Jewish Film Festival, Mexico City

 

Awards & Recognition

• Italian Embassy Grant - Florence Academy of Fine Arts study program (1979-1981)
• Prize Winner - "About Humor" theme, Carrillo Gil Museum, Mexico
• First Prize - "The Art of the Bullfights," Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico
• Award - Mexican Chamber of Graphic Arts
• Best Cover Award - "Escala" magazine, World Cup France '98 theme, Aeromexico
• Prize - Brazilian Chamber of Graphic Arts for "The Angel" reproduction

 

Collections

Museums: • Modern Art Museum Tokoro, Omishima, Japan

• Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City
• Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach, CA

Corporate: • Accenture Consulting (formerly Andersen), Chicago & Mexico

• Forum Corporate Building, Mexico City
• Fiesta Americana Hotel, Grupo Posadas, Mexico
• Venture Consulting, Madrid, Spain
• Milenio Group Collection

Private: • Hasegawa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

• Adolfo Autrey Collection, Mexico
• Architect Salomon Gorshtein Collection, Mexico

 

Publications & Media

Books: • "Hablando en Plata" ("Talking in Silver"), Mexico

• "With Freedom in my Heart," Tiferet Arts
• "Historia Universal Mexico" ("Universal History of Mexico") - textbook

Media Coverage: • Art News Magazine, New York

• O'Henry Magazine, North Carolina (cover story)
• Encyclopaedia "Mexico en el Mundo de las Colecciones de Arte"
• Interviews: José Gordon (Channel 22), Channel 40, Mexico City
• Avelina Lesper TV series, Mexico

 

Distinguished Critics & Art Historians

• Teresa del Conde - Modern Art Museum, Mexico
• Raquel Tibol - Proceso Magazine, Mexico
• Luis Martin Lozano - Art historian, Modern Art Museum, Mexico
• Jorge Alberto Manrique - Art historian, Mexico
• Luis Ruiz Caso - Art critic
• Cristina Hijar - Art critic

 

International Projects

Japan: Long-term collaboration with Tokoro Museum, Omishima Island (1999-2011)

Europe: Lithographic work in Barcelona, Spain (1986)

United States: Multiple exhibitions and permanent installations across California, Florida, North Carolina, and New York