Joaquín Segura
México City, 1980
Bio

Joaquín Segura has built his artistic imaginary through a symbolic dismantling of great notions such as history, truth, and power in the context of diverse ideological systems from the 20th and 21st Centuries.

He channels his obsessions through propaganda objects, memorabilia and the iconographic legacy of the radical as a starting point for the development of new lectures on the contradictions that exist in geopolitical structures in the contemporary world.

Lives and works in Mexico City.

His action, installation, intervention and photographic work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Mexico, USA, Europe and Asia.

Some spaces that have featured his work include Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, La Panaderia and Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City, along with El Museo del Barrio, Anthology Film Archives, White Box and apexart (New York, NY), LA><ART, MoLAA (Los Angeles, CA) Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid, Spain), National Center for Contemporary Art (Moscow, Russia), the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Denver, CO and the National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia).

In recent years it has been included in public collections such as The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Museo de Arte Moderno de Mexico Collection, Colección Fundación M, KADIST Paris & San Francisco, and Phillips/Yuyito.

His work has been widely reviewed & featured in local and international art publications & major newspapers such as Artforum, Flash Art, Adbusters, Art Papers, Código, Art Nexus, Discipline, Celeste & The Washington Post, among many others.

In 2008/09, Segura was an artist- in-residence at the International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, NY and at the 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA. Between 2012 and 2021, he undertook artistic residencies and research stays at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, USA), Hangar –Centre de Producció i Recerca d‘Arts Visuals (Barcelona, Spain), MeetFactory – International Center of Contemporary Art (Prague, Czech Republic), Impakt Foundation (Utrecht, Netherlands), Casa Wabi (Oaxaca, Mexico) and Seoul Art Space_Geumcheon (Seoul, South Korea).

In 2018, he’s appointed as a fellow to the National System of Artistic Creators / FONCA (Mexico).

He’s a founding member and board advisor of SOMA, Mexico City.

Selection of Works
Joaquín Segura
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Recovered ammunition and intervened wall
2023
Joaquín Segura
Diciembre 22, 1997 (Máscara Roja)
Conté pencil on paper
59 x 45.6 inches
2022
Joaquín Segura
Armas y política en América Latina
Oil on canvas
84.64 x 52.36 x 2.36 inches
2022
Joaquín Segura
La primera resistencia vietnamita
Oil on canvas
74.40 x 48.42 x 2.36 inches
2022
Joaquín Segura
Técnica de la agresión pacífica
Oil on canvas
81.4h x 50w x 2.3 id
2022
Joaquín Segura
Sobre la contradicción
Oil on canvas
76 x 55 inches
2020
Joaquín Segura
Empirismo y dogma #2
Acrylic Paint on Recovered Pamphlet
6 x 4 inches
2020
Joaquín Segura
Trabajo asalariado y capital
Oil on Canvas
86½ x 60 inches
2020
Joaquín Segura
Si alguien pregunta dónde radica la fuente de nuestra fuerza y cuál es la clave de nuestra victoria, responderemos sin dudarlo I
Xerographic print on paper
28 x 18 inches
2017 - 2020
Joaquín Segura
Sobre la práctica
Intervened Pamphlet
37½ x 29½ inches
2018
Joaquín Segura
Cinco estados (De la serie Bellum omnium contra omnes)
Recovered Bullet and Intervened Wall
Variable Dimensions
2017
Joaquín Segura
Cinco estados (De la serie Bellum omnium contra omnes)
Recovered Bullet and Intervened Wall
Vairable Dimensions
2017
Joaquín Segura
Como un solitario capullo de magnolia doblándose al viento
Intervened Newspaper and Magnolia Branch
16 x 24 x 4 inches
2017
Joaquín Segura
Pira
Wood, Recovered Tires & Combustible Fluid
Variable Dimensions
2016
Joaquín Segura
Cancelaciones y encubrimientos #2
Handwoven Haute-lisse Tapestry
79¾ x 58½ inches
2015
Joaquín Segura
Rebajas ideológicas (Marx, Lenin, Mao)
Site-specific Installation of Handwoven Haute-lisse Tapestries
Variable Dimensions
2015
Joaquín Segura
Sin título (Bomba de tubo)
Pigment Print on Dibond
29 x 59 inches
2014
Joaquín Segura
Cuatro tesis filosóficas
Oil on Canvas
43 x 67 inches
2014
Joaquín Segura
Ensayo sobre reconstrucción (José Martí)
HD Video | 3 Channels
2014
Joaquín Segura
Notas sobre México
Recovered Projectile and Paper
6 x 8 x 6 inches
2014
Joaquín Segura
Estudio material sobre la revuelta #1
Pigment Prints on Cotton Paper
18 x 27 inches/ea
2014
Joaquín Segura
Los anarquistas y las bombas
Single Channel HD Video
11'51"
2013
Joaquín Segura
Complejo de mesías #8
Charcoal on Cotton Paper
19½ x 27½ inches
2013
Joaquín Segura
G8
Synthetic Fabric and Wood
8 x 10 x 16 feet
2013
Joaquín Segura
Biblioteca definitiva para una revolución fallida (Citas del Presidente Mao Tse Tung)
Pigment Ink Print on Dibond
44 x 59 inches
2012
Joaquín Segura
Exigimos justicia para Francisco Ramirez, José Luis Ramirez y Alvaro Jacinto, quienes fueron asesinados por paramilitares del MULT-PUP - UBISORT-PRI
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Recovered Banner
47 x 81 inches
2012
Joaquín Segura
El discurso inaugural
Intervention
10 x 4 x 8 inches
2009
Joaquín Segura
Sin título (Paloma blanca)
Taxidermied Dove, Hand Grenade and Safety Pin
Variable Dimensions
2008
Joaquín Segura
Sin título (Paloma blanca)
Taxidermied Dove, Hand Grenade and Safety Pin
Variable Dimensions
2008
Joaquín Segura
Untitled (Nitro-glycerine)
Haute-lisse hand woven tapestry
80.31 x 108.26 inches
2007
Exhibitions at Pequod
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