Diego PÉREZ

Profile

Born in 1975 in Mexico City. Lives and works in Mexico City. Graduated with a technical diploma on photography from Escuela Activa de Fotografía in Mexico City in 1999.

I consider myself a multidisciplinary artist.I'm interested in humor and play. I am interest in the idea of blurring borders and limits, for example the line between artistic objects, functional objects, and artisanal objects. I think art can be a tool to help change the things we don't like.

Recent exhibitions and activities
2025 “Derivas de la forma escultórica: irrupción y densidad (Drifts in sculptural form: irruption and density),” Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
2025 “30 años en el mundo del arte (30 Years in the Art World),” Centro de las Artes Conarte, Monterrey, Mexico
2023 “La ofensiva del polvo (The Dust Offensive),” Museo de arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico
2021 “Normal Exceptions: INSITE: Speech Acts,” Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
2020 “Historia de arena (A History of Sand)," RGR Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico

Awards
2015-2018&2021-2023 Twice recipient of Mexico's National System of Art Creators grants for Sculpture
2009 Residency at Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA
2007 National Fund for Culture and the Arts-FONCA grant for Residencies Abroad, for an artistic residency at Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Canada           

About works

My practice focuses on two main areas. First, site-specific works that incorporate social interaction. Second, formal studio pieces that explore materials, their movements, and the spaces they create. My site-specific works aim to understand the subjective realities, social contexts, and histories of the chosen sites. I also experiment with solutions that promote alternate forms of coexistence, the use of space, and their components. My studio work, though more intimate and meditative, builds interactive and correlative relationships between materials, their movements, and their coexistence in space.

Although originally trained as a photographer, I currently rely on photography, painting, drawing and sculpture as vehicles through which to express my concerns or ideas. I believe that medium must respond to the needs of a project. Message is more important than medium.