Mexico & Central America Archives

Alejandro A Rochi

Alejandro was a classic painter of living flowers, children, patios, gardens, seascapes, and landscapes. He was born in Nicaragua and obtained a gold

Benjamín Cañas

The Salvadoran painter Benjamín Cañas is an internationally recognized artist for using the neo-figurative technique and the strategies of magical

Moises Becerra Alvarado

Honduran artist who has received international recognition for his paintings, graduated with honors from the National School of Fine Studies at the

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican painter, one of the trio of muralists (with Orozco and Rivera) who dominated 20th-century Mexican art. He was born in Chihuahua, the son of

Gerardo Murillo

Mexican painter and art administrator. He was an ardent nationalist and a pioneer of the 20th-century renaissance of his county’s art—chapter 1 of MacKinley

Mónica Mayer

Mónica Mayer is a feminist Mexican artist, activist and art critic whose work includes performance, digital graphics, drawing, photography, and art

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo was Hispano-Indian on her mother’s side and German on her father’s. She met Diego Rivera when he was painting a mural at the Escuela

Richard Prince

American artist, born in Panama. His practice has been associated with appropriation. He came to attention in the early 1980s with photographs blown up

Gabriel Orozco

Mexican artist, born in Jalaga. His work combines elements of performance, sculpture, drawing, and installation, and is rooted in paradox, games play,

María Izquierdo

María Izquierdo is known for being the first Mexican woman to have her artwork exhibited in the United States. She committed both her life and her career