ABOUT

Raúl Sisniega.
I was born in 1980, Mexico City, Mexico.
I currently live and work in Roswell, New Mexico.
[email protected]

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My visual language has been shaped by a wide range of influences, beginning in childhood with video games and animated cartoons, which continue to inform my aesthetic in both conscious and intuitive ways. As a teenager, I became deeply influenced by the Mexican muralist movement—especially the works of Siqueiros and Camarena—as well as animated music videos from the ’90s. I studied Visual Communication and Design at the Faculty of Arts and Design of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

My practice emerges from a deep fascination with the intersection of organic systems, technology, and spirituality. I explore how these seemingly disparate realms interact and mirror one another.

My work is rooted in a multidisciplinary approach that includes painting, ceramics, installation, printing and digital media.

My mural work has been published in two books documenting art in public spaces: Make your mark, the new urban artists, by Thames and Hudson in the United Kingdom; and in Mexico in the book:  Muros Somos, the new Mexican muralists, by La Cifra Editorial.

During this time I have been trusted to develop art for brands such as Dark Matter Coffee, Sony, Kleenex, Wahaca, Mercedes Benz, Converse, Vans and Phillips.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2022 “Wild Mystique”, Indiana University Northwest, Indiana.

2021 “Malkuth”, Gallery19, Chicago.

2020 “The duration of eternal things”, We Are Todos Gallery, Mexico City.

2017 “Ad nauseam”, University of Communication, Mexico City.

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2024 “Everything but the kitchen sink", La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

2023 "Hola: An introduction to Latin American street art", Juicy Juicy Gallery, London.

2023 "Year Zero", Estudio Mezquite, Mexico City.

2021 “L’éclaireur”, Calaveras Gallery, Brussels.

2019 “Wall of Contemplation”, Modern and Contemporary Art Museum, Lebannon.

2018 “Transit”, GAMA Gallery, Mexico City.

2016 "Present absence", GAMA Gallery, Mexico City.

2015 “New Mexican muralism”, Arte Hoy Gallery, Mexico City.

2015 “4 equal to 1”, Celaya Brothers Gallery, Mexico City.

2015 "Colors, smells and flavors...", Tequila and Mezcal Museum, Mexico City.

2014 “Crossroads”, University of Palermo, Buenos Aires.

2013 "Sacred Duality" ARCA Gallery, Mexico City.