Everything in our universe has a dual manifestation.
This is so obvious that we take it as a fact. The truth is that absolutely everything that exists consists of the duality of opposing forces. As part of the cosmos, human beings are no exception since they are made of spirit and matter.
My work is a dialogue between these apparently conflicting forces. It explores the human condition, gender, identity and the relationship between bodies and their environment through colors, textures and matter that give shape to corporeal volumes revealing a fantasy world closely tied to my daily psychological processes.
Horacio Quiroz, born in 1981, lives and works in vibrant Mexico City.
He earned his Graphic Design BFA from Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.
In 2013, after working many years as a creative mind in advertising for international agencies, Quiroz reinvents himself and starts his career as a self-taught painter.
In recent years, he participated in the Rufino Tamayo XVII Painting Biennial and was a resident artist at the PLOP x Cob Residency in London, UK.
His work was exhibited at Arts Santa Mònica in Barcelona, at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO), at the Museo Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City, as well as in galleries and fairs in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Australia, Turkey and China.
His work was a focal part of the interior design on the film set of the Mexican movie "Perfectos Desconocidos" (Perfect Strangers) directed by Manolo Caro.
Quiroz's work was also published in magazines and blogs in the United States, Canada, Denmark, UK, Spain, Germany, Ukraine and Mexico, among others.