About the artist
Mario Cinquemani is an introspective soul, inhabiting silence and contemplation, elements that have deeply permeated his work, especially in recent years. Since childhood, he found refuge in drawing and painting, cultivating a particular sensitivity toward image, color, and music.
For him, painting is not just a discipline, but a way to break the mold and forge a path of one's own: a constant search for meaning and identity. He sees it as a revelatory craft, an open door to self-knowledge, where the artist exposes his fragility, embracing uncertainty as an essential part of the creative act.
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Originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco, where he was born on January 4, 1982, he began his training in painting in 2003, taking drawing and painting classes with Carlos Vargas Pons, José Fors, and painter José Luis Malo in his hometown. Later, he expanded his artistic training abroad: he studied anatomical drawing at the Art League of Houston and worked with sculptor Willy Wang in Houston, in addition to attending the Misch Technique workshop in Austin, Texas, under the guidance of New York painter Robert Venosa.
Since 2004, he has participated in numerous collective and solo exhibitions. His recognitions include an honorable mention at the 2008 Salón de Octubre in Guadalajara, and the Young Creators scholarships awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Jalisco in 2009 and by the National Endowment for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) in the period 2010–2011. He also received an honorable mention at the 2010 Salón de Octubre, third place in the New Creators category in the José Atanasio Monroy National Painting Prize (2010), and was selected for the Eighth Alfredo Zalce National Biennial of Engraving and Painting (2011), as well as the X Joaquín Clausell Painting Biennial (2013), and obtained second place in the First Jorge Martínez Painting Prize in Guadalajara (2012).