Demián Flores

Demián Flores
Birth name	Demián Flores Cortés
Born	Juchitán, Oaxaca Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Works	in museums: Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont Museo José Guadalupe Posada, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Demián Flores Cortés (Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca; 1971) is a Mexican visual artist. Flores is probably best known for incorporating Mexican folkloric themes into his work, for example his use of wrestling motifs in his series Arena México.^[1] In recent years, Flores has focused more on Oaxaca's political situation, as evidenced by his 2008 series Welcome To Oaxaca.^[2]

He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, where he graduated with honors.

He has had exhibitions in Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Germany, France, the Netherlands, the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as numerous exhibitions in his native Mexico.

In 2008, Flores founded the Taller Gráfica Actual in Oaxaca, a cooperative/educational space dedicated to the promotion and investigation of the graphic arts. He is also co-director of Zegache Talleres Comunitarios, a project dedicated to restoring artifacts from the church in the town of Santa Ana Zegache, Oaxaca. He is also founder and creative director of La Curtiduría art gallery in Oaxaca, which opened in 2006.

References

1. ^ Oaxaca artist's roots run deep, Caroline Mackinnon, El Universal, 27 February 2007
2. ^ El 'juchilango' del arte, Miguel Ángel Ceballos, El Universal, 27 January 2008

External links

• Demián Flores' website
• Taller Gráfica Actual (TAGA) website
• La Curtiduria art gallery
• Zegache Talleres Comunitarios website

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Name	Flores, Demian
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Date of birth	1971
Place of birth	Juchitán, Oaxaca Mexico
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