Filiberto Montesinos Castañon

Filiberto Montesinos Castañon was born in 1972 in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. He turned toward art ever since his infancy, but first began studying business administration at the Centre of Professional Studies “Fray Bartolomé de las Casas” in Chiapas. After having graduated in that discipline, he followed an artistic training at the University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas (UNICACH) and took courses in creativity at the Free State University of Puebla, where his first individual exhibition took place in 1993. In 2003 he was honoured "Best New Artist of the Year" in Los Angeles by the Foundation "Parents against cancer," with commendations from US Vice President Dick Cheney.

Filiberto considers himself as a surrealist figurative painter in the tradition of the Mexican artists David Alfaro Siqueiros, Remedios Varo and the US American Georgia O'Keeffe. The latter opened his eyes to the poetry of the details of everyday life.

The starting point and primary objective of any of his paintings is to create a powerful mural with soul and texture. He therefore very often pre-treats his canvases covering them with successive layers of a rich mixture of oil paint and sand; either hard and thick like the sa...

studying business administration at the Centre of Professional Studies “Fray Bartolomé de las Casas” in Chiapas. After having graduated in that discipline, he followed an artistic training at the University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas (UNICACH) and took courses in creativity at the Free State University of Puebla, where his first individual exhibition took place in 1993.

2001 - "Latin Style" Exhibition of the 1st „Latin Grammy Award" Gala, in Los Angeles, CA
2002 - “Dragón Galleries” of Nyack, New York, and Amagansett, Hamptons, NY.
2003 - Awarded “Best New Artist of the Year” by the “Parents Against Cancer” Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2006 - Solo exhibition at the Mexican Embassy in Brussels.
2008 - Steiner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2009 - “El Pacifico” Gallery, Stuttgart
- Solo exhibition at the Mexican Cultural Institute of Vienna, Austria.
2010 - “Art Présent” Gallery, Paris
- "Art Café 26" Gallery, Williamsburg, VA, United States
2011 - Julio Cortázar Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2012 - Berliner List, Berlin
2013 - Art Zürich, Switzerland
- Art Taipei, Taiwan
2014 - Solo exhibition at the Consulate General of Mexico in Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- Art Beijing, Beijing, China
- Spectrum Miami Art Show, Florida, USA
2015 - 6th Baden-Württemberg Artists Fair, Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart, Germany
- 5th international fair “Artistes du Monde” in Cannes, France, under the auspices of Marina Picasso.
- „125 Variations on Van Gogh“, Breda Museum, Netherlands
2016 - Exhibition of the 39th art prize of the cultural foundation of the Karlsruhe savings bank.
- Collective exhibition "...