Xilote Ibarra

My creative training has been partially self-managed; and being an assembler in my father's mechanical workshop for years offered me a continuous flow of invaluable knowledge that I would later and unconsciously apply to my artistic work. The contact with the design, the symmetry and the internal distribution in the components of the car, became my great references when composing.

In 2010 I started to work on collage, sculpture and photography; later I ventured into and incorporated assembly, stencil and engraving; which resulted in an experimental fusion of techniques that led me to the development of a personal graphic and plastic cosmogony. In it, a variety of objects and materials from different sources converge in a necessary transformation to achieve the creation of a work.

A society full of mass productions brings with it large amounts of waste that, over time, accumulate and cause serious damage to our environment, hence the importance of recycling. My small contribution has been to transform forgotten or discarded objects into conceptual and complex works of art.

I rescue books, magazines, toys, organic, inorganic, synthetic materials and all kinds of objects to assign them new roles and identities within a compos...

July / 2019 - Collography Workshop, by Marisol Guerrero, Cuarto Creciente Gallery, Guanajuato, Gto.

July / 2019 - First course of Art Market, by Sergio Gómez-Tagle, Museo del Primer Depósito, Guanajuato, Gto.

July / 2018 - Engraving Workshop, by Antonio Jassiel Hernández and Alberto Hernández, Museum of Art Olga Costa and José Chávez Morado, Guanajuato, Gto.

August / 2017 - Stencil Workshop, by Urban Faces, Galería Corazón Parlante, Guanajuato, Gto.

March / 2016 - Artist's Book Workshop, by Mónica Cárdenas Ruíz Velasco and Cristina Cárdenas, Mesón de San Antonio, Guanajuato, Gto.

March / 2014 - Object Art Workshop, by Benjamín Hurtado Ramírez, CODA Comunidad Creativa, León, Gto.

October / 2011 - Mexican Muralism Workshop, by Eliseo Mijangos de Jesús, Casa Olga Costa and José Chávez Morado Museum, Guanajuato, Gto.