Sebastian Moreno Coronel

I was born and grew up until I reached adolescence, in a small town in the south of Jalisco, land of Tequila, mariachi and José Clemente Orozco, Juan Soriano, Raúl Anguiano, Juan José Arreola and Juan Rulfo.


After a childhood marked by the tutelary restriction of religion, I gradually developed my imaginary world, which has since led me to an understanding of reality through the discovery of my own body.


The body as a pictorial constant was introduced into my work, thanks to comic magazines, as well as religious representations, hence the constant references to these signs and their particular visual discourse.


The nude has been a part of my work since my early days, when – still a teenager – my father tried to censor the use of my newly discovered sexuality as a subject of my art. From then on, the representation of the nude, predominantly male, has symbolized for me the possibility of expressing myself as an autonomous individual, owner of every part of myself and capable of exercising my right to enjoy and manage it.


Nudism, as a kind of liberation, not helplessness, permeates my works in which men discover themselves and others, enjoying the possibility of meeting, comparing and relating through the senses and physic...

Sebastian Moreno Coronel's artistic training began around 1986, in a high school art workshop, parallel to another at the Casa de la Cultura de Ciudad Guzman, in his native Jalisco.



Around 1990, he came into contact with the artistic world of Guadalajara, where he participated in the artistic workshops of the Cabañas Cultural Institute.



It is not until 1992, when he decides, after his attempts to have a "normal" career in science, to enter the technical career in Painting, at the School of Plastic Arts of the University of Guadalajara. There he spent three years learning the techniques of drawing, painting, sculpture and photography. Then he went on to the recently started Bachelor of Painting, which did not satisfy his wishes and he left after three semesters, to continue in the Federal District.



In 1997 he entered the Bachelor of Visual Arts at the National School of Plastic Arts, belonging to the National Autonomous University of Mexico. As a student of the High Academic Demand Program, he obtained the program's scholarship, which allowed him to continue his career until the end. At that time he also obtained the training scholarship granted by Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), through the Casa de Santa Hipolita Foundatio...

In 2006 he married his partner, thanks to the legal recognition of same-sex unions. This event transforms the reality of this artist, who finally begins to see the dreams that have taken him to Europe come true.



In 2007 he opened his store in L'Escala, which functions as a workshop and gallery, presenting the work of Mexican artists, such as: Rigel Herrera, Cristina Alfaro and Jose Antonio Platas, as well as the work of local artists and Catalan artisans. The economic situation makes the store close its doors in 2008, therefore returning to work at home, where he has his studio and workshop.


SOLO EXIBITIONS

2010 Fragmented Sintesis. Casa de la Cultura. Atoyac. Mexico.
2005 Alive Frontiers. Centre Culturel du Botanic. Bruxelles. Belgium.
2004 Body Aproaching. Kemeweme. Pineda de Mar. Spain
2003 Re-encountered Continents. Mistic gallery. Barcelona, Spain
Three years, one Desire. Padam, padam. Barcelona. Spain
2002 Correspondences. French alliance of San Agel. Mexico DF
From the Body. Dance Club “Momentos”. Metepec. Mexico State
From Loneliness. Santiago Gutierrez Museum. Toluca. Mexico State
Vulnerable Territories. Jose Ma. Velasco Gallery. Mexico City
2001 Recent Pasts. Regional Tlahuac’s Museum
How they look at us. Nat...