Jimena Montemayor de la Bárcena is a multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer from Mexico City. Her creative endeavors center around graphic explorations, where she manipulates straight, patterned lines and intricate structures to engage viewers in a responsive and visually captivating dialogue. Employing both digital and analogue formats, ranging from 2D drawings to intricate tridimensional and sculptural works, Montemayor's art has been showcased in numerous exhibitions, features, and collaborations both in Mexico and internationally within the vibrant realms of contemporary art and design.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2022 Nike Live Stores. Mexico; 2021 Wurms, GANNI. Miami Design District. Miami, FL USA; 2021 Festered, The Bass Museum of Contemporary Art/Walgreens Windows. Miami, FL USA; 2019 Chroma, Ace Hotel Downtown LA. Los Angeles, CA USA; 2019 Diagrama, Aparador Cuchilla. Mexico City; 2018 Cuerpxs Abiertxs, Momoroom. Mexico City.
Select Group Exhibitions
2023 Movimento Merging and Emerging, Milan Design Week; Nouveaux Phonogrammes, Castello Di Rivoli, Italy. 2023 Ballista, Radical Homewear, Mexico City; 2023 Salon Cosa Pop-Up Lust; 2022 Salon Cosa Pop-Up Hotel El Ganzo, Los Cabos Mexico. 2022 Salon Cosa Monterrey, Mexico. 2022 First Untitled Tennis Tournament. Monterrey, Mexico; 2022 Casa Cascabel Art Residency. Merida, Mexico; 2022 Salón Cosa, 3ra Edición. Mexico City; 2021 Altar de Día de Muertos. Marsella 68, Mexico City; 2021 Persona on Paper, 2da Edición. Mexico City; 2021 Salon Cosa, 1ra Edición. Mexico City; 2021 Loading Festival. Miami, FL; 2021 Festival del Silencio, The Nimda Foundation. Mexico City; 2021 Spirito Andante, Archivo Colectivo. Mexico City; 2020 Otra Casa, Casa Lü/Casa Equis/Fain Feria. Mexico City; 2020 Estudio Abierto, Momoroom. General Prim, Mexico City; 2020 III Abierto de Pintura, Ladrón Galeria. Oaxaca City, Mexico; 2020 Commission for Knight Curatorial Fellowship at Bakehouse Art Complex. Miami, FL USA; 2020 La Tangente 2da Edición. Mexico City; 2020 LatinChat. Mexico City; 2020 Fair Enough No.2, Momoroom. Mexico City; 2020 Muda, Casa Lü. Mexico City; 2020 Feria Maroma. Mexico City; 2019 Plástico Arqueológico. Mexico City; 2019 Sindicalismo 76, Casa Equis y M74. Mexico City; 2019 Pabellón de las Escaleras, Guadalajara 90210. Mexico City; 2019 Momoroom x Salón Acme. Mexico City; 2019 KRSTO Gallery. Mexico City; 2018 Camper. Mexico City; 2018 Carpa Nogal 218. Mexico City; 2017 Arte Careyes, Salón Emergente. Careyes, Mexico; 2017 No Name Project, Museo Rufino Tamayo. Mexico City; 2016 The Moore Bldg, Design and Its Dimensions. Miami, FL USA; 2016 Dreams, Momoroom. Mexico City; 2014 Festina Lente, Create Collect. Miami, FL USA; 2014 Free Arts NYC. New York City, NY USA; 2013 Speed of Dreams, Create Collect. Miami, FL USA.
Artist Residencies
2022 Casa Cascabel. Mérida, Mexico; 2020 Art on the Mile. Miami, FL. USA; 2020 Bakehouse Art Complex. Miami, FL USA; 2018 Casa Lü Tlalpan. Mexico City; 2016 Hotel El Ganzo. Los Cabos, Mexico.
Education
M.A Politecnico di Milano, 2024; B.A University of Miami, 2012