(Guadalajara, Jalisco. México, 1975)
He attended the School of Visual Arts at Cabañas Cultural Institute and subsequently continued his training on his own. In his 25-year career he has created pictorial work in a range of modalities including drawing, ceramic and bronze sculpture, and wood carving. In December 2015 he presented Mi perro bravo (My Fierce Dog) at the Guadalajara International Book Fair – a book that brings together more than 200 pieces of art he created between 2010-2015. In 2018, he published HEMBRAS (FEMALES), the result of a collaborative endeavor with visual artist Juan Carlos Macías. His work can be found in numerous collections: the University of Guadalajara’s Museum of the Arts, the People of Jalisco Collection at Cabañas Cultural Institute, and private collections in Guadalajara, Monterrey, Mexico City and numerous other cities in the United States and Europe.
SOLO EXHIBITS
2019
Lo ritual y lo habitual (Ritual and Habitual), Museum of the City of Querétaro, Quéretaro, Qro.
Instinto (Instinct), Museum of Oaxacan Painters (MUPO), Oaxaca, Oaxaca.
El gato y el murciélago (The Cat and the Bat), Intersection Gallery, Fabrica la Aurora, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.
Historias del Pancracio y otros seres raros (The Stories of St. Pancras and Other Strange Beings), NM Contemporáneo, Cuernavaca, Morelos.
2018
Instinto (Instinct), The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí.
Hembras (Females) (Collaborative Project with Juan Carlos Macías), the University of Guadalajara Museum of the Arts, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Plasma (Plasma) (Joint Exhibit with Raúl Cerrillo), Ex Convent of Carmen, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
2017
Corazón de perro (Heart of a Dog), Intersection Gallery in Fabrica la Aurora, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.
2016
El hombre y su alma (The Man and His Soul), Uno Gallery, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.
2015
El tequila es un pájaro que vuela dentro de mí (Tequila Is a Bird that Soars Within Me), The National Museum of Tequila (MUNAT), Tequila, Jalisco.
2014
Víctor Hugo Pérez, Casa Jalisco, Polanco, Mexico City
El pájaro de los deseos (Bird of Desires), University of Guadalajara Museum of the Arts (MUSA), Guadalajara, Jalisco.
2010
Los que entregan el corazón (Those Who Hand Over Their Hearts), Gallo Cultural Foundation, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
2007
900˚ (900 Degrees), Cultural Gallery Space, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
2006
Un objeto para amar (An Object to Love), Luis Tinajero Gallery, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
2004
Flores, Dios y Prozac (Flowers, God and Prozac), Ex Convent of Carmen, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
2000
Pasiones encontradas (Discovered Passions), Alejandro Gallo Gallery, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
1999
Despierto violento (Violent Awakening) Casa Vallarta Cultural Center, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
1997
Peor que los perros. Feroz angustia (Worse than Dogs. Fierce Anguish), The Hall of Young Creators of the University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
1996
Pinturas (Paintings), Jorge Álvarez Contemporary Art Gallery, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
1993
Dioses y Payasos (Gods and Clowns), Magritte Gallery at the Roxy Cultural Centre, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS
2019
El artista en el estudio/ El estudio del artista (The Artist in the Studio/The Artist’s Studio), The Museum of Oaxacan Painters, Oaxaca, Oaxaca.
2018
Colección Pago en Especie de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público 2013-2016 (Collection Payment in Kind, the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit 2013-2016), The Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit Museum of Art, Mexico City.
Homenaje Pictórico al Arte de México (Pictorial Tribute to Mexican
Art), Raúl Anguiano Museum of Art, Guadalajara, Jalisco.Homenaje Pictórico al Arte de México (Pictorial Tribute to Mexican
Art), Museum of the People of Guanajuato, Guanajuato.
2017
Colección del Pueblo de Jalisco (Collection of the People of Jalisco), Cabañas Collection, Cabañas Cultural Institute, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
2015
Plástica del siglo XXI en la colección MUSA (21st Century Visual Art), the University of Guadalajara’s Museum of the Arts, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
2009
Imperivm, Hilario Galguera Gallery, Leipzig, Germany.
2008
Index 2, Hilario Galguera Gallery, Mexico City
125 Aniversario del Natalicio de José Clemente Orozco (125th Anniversary of the Birth of José Clemente Orozco), Cabañas Cultural Institute, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
2006
100 años de pintura Jalisciense (100 Years of Painting in Jalisco), Cabañas Cultural Institute, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
2005
7 artistas en el sems (Seven Artists in the sems), Gabriel Flores Gallery, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
2003
Panorama de la pintura en Jalisco (Panorama of Painting in Jalisco), Cabañas Cultural Institute, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
2002
V Bienal de Monterrey (5th Monterrey Biennial), with Honorary Mention, Jalisco, Monterrey Center for the Arts, Nuevo León.
2000
Punto de quiebra (Breaking Point), Alejandro Gallo Gallery, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
1998
8 loko (Crazy Eight), Ex Convent of Carmen, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
III Bienal de Monterrey (Third Monterrey Biennial), Museum of Monterrey, Nuevo León.