francisco muñoz
Francisco Muñoz’s multidisciplinary practice includes sculpture, drawing, collage, painting, textiles, and installations. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, La Esmeralda, in Mexico City, and later at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Lyon, as part of an artistic fellowship program. His work is placed in the questioning and analysis of national identities, especially in aesthetic terms. The artist is originally from Tlaxcala, a crucial place in the imaginary produced by the official history of Mexico regarding the period of the Conquest. In that sense, Muñoz approaches pre-Columbian images and symbols as a part of present-day speeches that are necessary to question and explore.
One of the main axes of his work is the relationship that objects have with different contexts and how their meanings can be reordered through material modifications, conceptual associations, or painting interventions. The possibilities represented by the adaptation of objects to different environments are key to Muñoz’s practice: the identity of each piece is based on multiplicity, on the encounter between its “original” meanings and those it assimilates, both in the process of artistic work and at the point of encounter with its viewers. This syncretism directly connects the conceptual with the material, a line on which his work unfolds. Muñoz's work can be found in the Alain Servais Collection (Belgium) and in various private collections in Mexico.
He currently lives and works in Mexico City.
Veleta, 2024 // Acrylic on linen canvas // 80 x 80 cm
Impressions of “Falso Espiritual”, Francisco Muñoz's Solo Exhibition at RGR Art in Mexico City.
Cola de dragón, 2024 // Zacatecas stoneware, engobes, glazes // 48 x 32 x 45 cm
Impressions of “Falso Espiritual”, Francisco Muñoz's Solo Exhibition at RGR Art in Mexico City.
Cabeza Samurái, 2024 // Zacatecas stoneware, engobes, glazes // 33 x 46 x 33 cm
Mar Amarillo, 2024 // Zacatecas stoneware, engobes, glazes // 46 x 43 x 43 cm
Bosque de agua, 2024, Acrylic on Belgian Linen, 200 x 140 cm
Cinco de bastos, 2024, Acrylic on Belgian Linen, 200 x 140 cm
AWARDS AND SELECTIONS
2022-2025 Sistema Nacional de Creadores, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico
2018-2019 Jóvenes Creadores, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico
2017-2018 Programa de estímulo a la creación y desarrollo artístico, en la categoría de gráfica.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Falso Espiritual”, Galería RGR, Mexico City, Mexico
2022 Todos los templos, Galería La Nao, Mexico City, Mexico
2021 Paisaje Ritual, Galería RGR, Mexico City, Mexico
2020 La casa de la tierra, Salón ACME No. 8, Mexico City, Mexico
2019 El tiempo natural de la guerra, Galería K2, Monterrey, Mexico
2018 Écorché, Le Consulat, Paris, France
2018 Tepetate, Casa Wabi, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 Satélites fantasmas, Sala ACME, Mexico City, Mexico
2016 La espuma del mar frío, La Celda Contemporánea, Mexico City, Mexico
2014 Complex Antiform, Oficina de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico
2013 Coatlicue U.F.O. regresa a casa, Casa del Artista, Tlaxcala, Mexico
2010 Atentado internacional, Centro Cultural Atarazanas, Veracruz, Mexico
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
2024 Playing with closed eyes, 100 years of surrealism, Galería RGR, Mexico City, Mexico. 2024 Arquitecturas Intangibles , Sorondo Projects, Barcelona, ES
2023 Furtivo, Complejo Cultural Los Pinos, Mexico City, Mexico
2023 Modern Love Vol. V, Mexico City, Mexico
2023 El pensamiento salvaje, Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, Queretaro, Mexico
2023 Pensar es ahora Vol. 1, Museo de Arte de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico
2023 Bienal Nacional de Pintura “Julio Castillo”, Galería Libertad, Queretaro, Mexico
2023 XIX Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
2023 Bitácoras: Colección Fundación Casa Wabi, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Querétaro, Queretaro, Mexico
2023 Takeover Mexico, Marión Art Gallery, Panama City, Panama
2020 Plástico arqueológico Vol. II, Estudio Casa Mérida, Mexico City, Mexico
2019 Approaching Abstraction, Blain Southern, London, UK
2019 Salón ACME No. 7, Mexico City, Mexico
2019 Silogismos de la construcción, Estudio M74, Mexico City, Mexico
2018 Si los cálculos son correctos el resultado debería ser satisfactorio, Proyectos Espectra, Yucatán, Mexico
2018 Un cuarto por artista, Bodega ACME, Mexico City, Mexico
2018 Blind Marché, Le Consulat, Paris, France
2018 XVIII Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
2018 Agua del día, El Quinto Piso, Mexico City, Mexico Modern Love Vol. 2, Noox, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 In the Depth of Identity, Galería Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
2017 Chaknñi Tquiocg-í Falsa Tormenta, Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, Mexico
2017 Berlin collages, Knoth & Krüger Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017 Talud, Noox Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 XXXVII Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, Aguascalientes, Mexico
2017 El placer de la incertidumbre, Casa de Cultura San Rafael, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 Modern Love Vol. I, El quinto piso, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 Salón ACME No. 5, Mexico City, Mexico
2016 Bienal de las miradas, Centro Cultural, Tijuana, Mexico
2016 Capital flight, Chalton Gallery, London, UK
2016 Le rhinocéros est mort, Rotolux, Paris, France
2016 Salón ACME No.4, Mexico City, Mexico
2015 Salad Days, Casa Lamm, Mexico City, Mexico
2015 Argos Panoptes, Parque Fundidora, Monterrey, Mexico
2015 Salón ACME No. 3, Mexico City, Mexico
2015 Artificios de disuasión, Galería de La Esmeralda, Mexico City, Mexico
2015 La búsqueda del enemigo interno, Oficina de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico
2014 XVI Bienal Nacional de Pintura Rufino Tamayo, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
2014 Under Dogs, Galería Diagrama, Mexico City, Mexico
2014 VI Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales, Yucatan, Mexico