Mayte Alquicira

b. 1991 Mexico City, Mexico | Lives and works in McKinney, TX

Mayte Alquicira is a Mexican-born, Texas-based mixed media artist whose work explores the balance between structure and surrender through abstraction. Influenced by the women of Abstract Expressionism, she approaches each piece as a study in control, curiosity, and expansion.

Raised between Mexico City and Morelia, Alquicira developed an early fascination with color and the way it communicates emotion beyond words. Her studies in Arts and Culture at the Rome Business School deepened her appreciation for the relationship between classical balance and contemporary freedom, ideas that continue to shape her visual language today.

Her paintings have been exhibited internationally in Spain, Italy, Mexico, and the United States, including shows at Galería Azur in Madrid, Villa Giulia in Rome, and Industrious in Dallas.

Alongside her art practice, Alquicira has built a career as a marketing strategist in the film industry, leading marketing strategies that connect stories to people for one of the world’s largest cinema companies. Named among the Top 50 Women in Global Cinema, she applies the same balance of analysis and intuition that defines her creative process: bridging d...

Master in Arts & Management, Rome Business School, Italy.

MOMA Abstract Expressionism diploma.

Bachelor in International Relations and Trade- Mexico

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Founders, Kendra Scott x Nest, Allen, TX

2021 Featured Emerging Artist of the Month, Nina Berenato Studio, Austin, TX

2019 Reflections on Flow, Industrious, Dallas, TX

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Eclipse, Galería Azur, Madrid, Spain

2021 Happily Ever Sip & Collect, Shannon Brewing, Keller, TX

2018 Waves, The Carmen Hotel, Playa del Carmen, Mexico

2017 Diversity, Villa Giulia, Rome, Italy

2016 Colors, ORIGO Gallery, Morelia, Mexico