Demián Flores Cortés is a
Mexican

Mexico

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 visual artist. Flores is probably best known for
incorporating Mexican folkloric themes into his work, for example his use of wrestling motifs in his series Arena México. In recent years, Flores has focused more on
Oaxaca's

Oaxaca, Oaxaca

The city and municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name . It is located in the Centro District in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín...

 political situation, as evidenced by his 2008 series Welcome To Oaxaca.

He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas

National School of Arts (UNAM)

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 at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, where he graduated with honors.

He has had exhibitions in Cuba

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, Brazil

Brazil

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, Colombia

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, Peru

Peru

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, Germany

Germany

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, France

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,
the Netherlands

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, the United States

United States

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, the United Kingdom

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, as well as numerous exhibitions in his native Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

.

In 2008, Flores founded the Taller Gráfica Actual in Oaxaca

Oaxaca, Oaxaca

The city and municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name . It is located in the Centro District in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín...

, a cooperative/educational space dedicated to the promotion and investigation of the graphic arts. He is also co-director of Zegache Talleres Comunitarios, a project dedicated to restoring artifacts from the church in the town of Santa Ana Zegache

Santa Ana Zegache

Santa Ana Zegache is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 26.79 km².It is part of the Ocotlán District in the south of the Valles Centrales Region...

, Oaxaca

Oaxaca

Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...

. He is also founder and creative director of La Curtiduría art gallery in Oaxaca

Oaxaca, Oaxaca

The city and municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name . It is located in the Centro District in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín...

, which opened in 2006.

External links

• Demián Flores' website
• Taller Gráfica Actual (TAGA) website
• La Curtiduria art gallery
• Zegache Talleres Comunitarios website