MARÍAJOSÉ DE SIMÓN

María José de Simón began her studies in the arts as a self-taught artist in Spain, where she later explored engraving and xerigraphy in specialized workshops; Upon his arrival in Mexico he began to paint and sculpt. For María José, the poverty and corrosion of surfaces is not opposed to the creation of subtle atmospheres, therefore, the reappropriation of materials found randomly in public spaces, such as sheets of iron and other metals, natural logs and concrete, are fundamental in his work, which is responsible for welding the friction between the object as human waste and the object as a bias of sensitive intention, his work being a criticism of the pollution generated by urbanization and an aesthetic proposal of the everyday.

Lives and works in Mexico City.

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ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
CURRENTLY, MATERIALS WORKSHOP. MTRO. VIKTOR MARTINEZ. CDMX, MEXICO.
2011 TO DATE, GRAPHICS WORKSHOP. MTRO. ROBERTO TURNBULL. CDMX, MEXICO.
1990/94 ENGRAVING AND XERIGRAPHY WORKSHOP. BRITA PRINZ WORKSHOP. MADRID SPAIN.
1986 DIPLOMA IN GRAPHIC DESIGN. CEI. MADRID SPAIN.
1982 DIPLOMA IN INTERIOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE. IADE. MADRID SPAIN.

 

INDIVIDUAL EXPOSITIONS

2018 ANIMATED MATTER. Fernando García Ponce-Macay Museum, Mérida, YUCATAN, MEXICO.
2018 ANIMATED MATTER. Museum of Contemporary Art of San Luis Potosí. SLP, MEXICO.
2016 PURE BLACK. ARROYO DE LA PLATA GALLERY. ZACATECAS, ZACATECAS, MEXICO.
2015 BOX OF DREAMS. CLOCK TOWER. POLANCO, CDMX, MEXICO.
2014 FRAGMENTS. X ART SPACE. CDMX, MEXICO.
2014 STATES OF TENSION. INDIANILLA STATION CULTURAL CENTER. CDMX, MEXICO.
2014 RIGOROUS MOURNING. MANUEL FELGUÉREZ ABSTRACT ART MUSEUM. ZACATECAS, MEXICO.
2014 PARALLEL REALITIES. JOAQUÍN ARCADIO PAGAZA MUSEUM. VALLE DE BRAVO, MEXICO.
2013 PARALLEL REALITIES. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. EDO OF MEXICO, MEXICO
2013 STRUCTURES AND PATHS. TRAEGER GALLERY & I PAINT. CDMX, MEXICO.
2012 AMONG SHADOWS. SEBASTIÁN FOUNDATION. CDMX, MEXICO.
2011 INFLUENCES. SEBASTIÁN FOUNDATION. CDMX, MEXICO.

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2019 THE FORGES OF ETNA, YUNQUE-FRAGUA DE ARTE, CDMX, MEXICO

2017 GROUP OF 16. HACIENDA DE LOS MORALES. CDMX, MEXICO
2016 NO NAME. TAMAYO MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART. CDMX, MEXICO
2016 SOLEDAD COLLECTION. MANUEL FELGUÉREZ ABSTRACT ART MUSEUM. ZACATECAS, MEXICO.
2015/16 MINIPRINT. GALERIE L'ETANGD'ART. BAGES, FRANCE.
2015 MINIPRINT CADAQUÉS. FORT GALLERY WORKSHOP. CADAQUÉS, SPAIN.
2015 THARRATS D'ART GRÀFIC FOUNDATION. PINEDA DEL MAR, SPAIN.
2015 WINGFIELD BARNS. WINDFIELD, UNITED KINGDOM.
2014/15 THE ARTISTS RESPONSIBLE IN DEFENSE OF WILDLIFE. TAMAYO MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND OTHER LOCATIONS. MEXICO.
2014 GRAPHIC EXHIBITION. ART TODAY. COYOACÁN, CDMX, MEXICO.
2013 JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA BIENNIAL EXHIBITION. JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA MUSEUM. AGUASCALIENTES, MEXICO
2012/13 MINIPRINT CADAQUÉS. FORT GRAPHICS WORKSHOP. CADAQUÉS, SPAIN.
2012/13 JESÚS NÚÑEZ GRAPHIC EXHIBITION. BETANZOS, GALICIA, SPAIN.
2012 TOKYO GRAPHICS COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION. LE LABORATOIRE GALLERY. CDMX, MEXICO
2012 ART AL VENT X. PUBLIC ART COLLECTIVE. SPAIN AND NETHERLANDS
2005 BRITA PRINZ WORKSHOP COLLECTIVE. MADRID SPAIN.

WORK IN COLLECTIONS
2013 JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA MUSEUM. AGUASCALIENTES, MEXICO
2013 MANUEL FELGUÉREZ ABSTRACT ART MUSEUM. ZACATECAS, MEXICO.
2013 MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. EDO OF MEXICO, MEXICO,
2011 SEBASTIÁN FOUNDATION COLLECTION. CDMX, MEXICO.