VISUAL ARTIST, BORN IN MEXICO IN 1972, HE GRADUATED IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND PARALLEL STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY, DRAWING AND PAINTING. IN 2000, HE RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE NATIONAL ARTS AND CULTURE FUND AND WENT TO BARCELONA, SPAIN TO FURTHER HIS STUDIES IN PAINTING AND VISUAL ARTS. IN 2000 AND 2002 THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AWARDED HIM THE SOCRATES-ERASMUS SCHOLARSHIP FOR RESIDENTIAL STUDIES AT NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY, ENGLAND, GOING ON TO GERMANY WHERE HE TOOK UP STUDIES IN NEW MEDIA AT THE ARTS UNIVERSITY IN BERLIN IN KATHERINA SIEVERDING AND LOTHAR BAUMGARTEN'S CLASS. IN 2002, HE WON FIRST PLACE IN THE 23RD SANT LLUC AWARD IN DRAWING, BESTOWED BY THE CATALUÑA GENERALITAT. IN 2009, HE TOOK UP ARTISTIC RESIDENCY IN LA CURTIDURIA – VISUAL ARTS CENTER - IN OAXACA CITY. IN 2010 HE WON SECOND PLACE AT THE II PEDRO CORONEL PAINTING BIENNIAL AND REPRESENTED MEXICO AT THE VENICE BIENNIAL OF BOGOTA, COLOMBIA. SINCE 2011 HE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF ART CREATORS (FONCA) GRANTED BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. HE HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS BEST LATIN AMERICAN VISUAL ARTIST IN THE UK - 2015 AND THE PRIX THUN FOR ART AND ETHICS IN SWITZERLAND - 2017. IN 2018 HE WAS COMMISSIONED TO PRODUCE A WORK AT THE XIII BIENNIAL FEMSA IN THE CITY OF ZACATECAS. HE HAS EXHIBITED BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY IN MEXICO, SPAIN, ARGENTINA, ENGLAND, AND GERMANY, AT INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MAM), THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SAN CARLOS, IN MEXICO CITY, MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART (MALBA) IN BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA, BARCELONA CONTEMPORARY CULTURE CENTER (CCCB) AT BARCELONA, SPAIN, PEDRO CORONEL MUSEUM AND FRANCISCO GOITIA MUSEUM BOTH IN ZACATECAS, THE MUSEUM OF OAXACAN PAINTERS, MUSEUM OF THE CITY IN MÉRIDA AND THE ART MUSEUM OF QUERÉTARO, MEXICO. HE CURRENTLY LIVES AND WORKS IN MEXICO CITY.