Cisco Jiménez Mexican, b. 1969

B. Cuernavaca, Morelos, 1969

Before studying with Bruce Dorfman at the Art Students League, New York City, Cisco Jiménez attended the Instituto Regional de Bellas Artes and the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México City. In 2001, Jimmie Durham invited Jimenez to collaborate at the 49th Venice Biennale. His work has been the subject of over fifteen solo museum exhibitions, most recently in 2022 at the Amparo Museum, Puebla, México, curated by Tobias Ostrander with an accompanying publication. Jimenez is based in Cuernavaca, Mexico. 

Jiménez’s oeuvre consists of various mediums that expose Mexico’s social and political environment concerns. The vibrant colors, rich detail, and often the use of text, create a satiric voice that demands attention. “I consider myself a kind of postmodern Posada. I think that a good artist and a smart artist should consider the good things that he can do, or he can express. Talent is only half of it. There is another part, a dark side, an awareness of anxieties and obsessions.” – Cisco Jiménez

Jiménez has exhibited widely, including, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, KS, Museo Amparo, Puebla, MX; Art Basel-Hong Kong and the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC). His work can be found in the permanent collections of the British Museum, London, England; the Isabel and Agustin Coppel Collection, Mexico; The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Art Collection; the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico; the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mexico; the Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA), Long Beach, CA; the USC Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; the DeYoung Art Museum, San Francisco, CA; the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, among others.

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