Mauricio Limón's works explores ethnological and urban interactions, sexuality and power through continuous, open and collaborative research, considering class struggle through psychoanalysis using video, installation, painting and performance.
Mauricio Limón (1979, Mexico City) works explores ethnological and urban interactions, sexuality and power through continuous, open and collaborative research, considering class struggle through psychoanalysis using video, installation, painting and performance. For several years, Limón became closer to a group of people living on the margins and improvising ways of living and working in public space. His researches takes form in his artistic practice through different medium such as video, installation, painting and performance.
Mauricio Limón de León is a former resident at the Fiminco Foundation, Paris (2020-2021), Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (2016-2017); de la Cité internaltionale des Arts, Paris (2019) and Casa Wabi, Mexico (2018). His work has been presented at Pequod.Co CDMX, 2021; Cultural Institute of Mexico in Paris, 2020; Museo Universitario del Chopo, CDMX, 2019, 2013; Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, 2018; Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, CDMX, 2019, 2006; Rozenstraat - a rose is a rose is a rose, Amsterdam, 2017; Galería Hilario Galguera, CDMX, 2017, 2014, 2008; Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev, 2014; Museo Tamayo, CDMX, 2014; KunstMuseum Bonn, 2013; Y-Gallery, New York, 2013; Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 2011; Galerie Laroche / Joncas, Montreal, 2011; San Francisco Art Institute, 2010; and Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M) Madrid, 2010. His work is part of the collections of Kusnt Palast, DE; Frank Demaegd Collection, BE; Alain Servais collection, BE; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA; Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo, MX; Cisneros Collection, NY. He is a former alumni of the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and a former resident at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. In 2010 he received the Annual Grant from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation in New York (USA) and in 2011 he received the Jóvenes creadores Grant (Mexico).