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

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

Stefan Brüggemann
Stefan Brüggemann is a Mexican artist working in a wide variety of artistic disciplines. Examples of Brüggemann’s conceptual work are his Puddle Paintings

Abraham Cruzvillegas
Abraham Cruzvillegas (born 1968, Mexico City) is a visual artist. He is best known for his work with found objects, and particularly his ongoing “Autoconstrucción”

Diego Rivera
The earliest artistic influence on Diego Rivera was the Madrid academy. Rivera, however, quickly embraced other styles such as Impressionism, Divisionism.

Jose Dávila
Jose Dávila (born 1974, Guadalajara) is a trained architect who’s work reflects on the failure of utopian, modernist architectural principles in his assemblages

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
