Mauricio Limón

(b. 1979, Mexico)

Mauricio Limón was born in 1979 in Mexico City. He has studied visual arts at National Autonomous University of Mexico. Limón is known in Mexico and internationally as an interdisciplinary artist who works between drawing, painting, video and performance. His work was exhibited in various venues including Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico (2003, 2006), Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2005), P74 Center and Gallery, Ljubljana (2007), Musee d'art Contemporain du Val de Marne, Paris (2007), Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico (2008), and Centre Pompidou, Paris (2008). The artist also had many solo shows in Mexico. He was awarded the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 2010.