Miguel Casco (Puebla, 1991)
Visual artist, cultural manager, information designer, photographer, and museographer.
A magna cum laude graduate in Fine Arts from the University of the Americas Puebla, he also holds a master's in Information Design. He further honed his skills at CENIDIAP's "Art and Sign" seminar and Atelier Mesones' oil painting workshops.
Since 2021, he serves on the Advisory Council of his alma mater's School of Arts and Humanities and teaches at Sunland Artistic High School in Mexico City. Deputy director at the Museum of the Chancellery since 2019, he has curated over 40 exhibitions.
His painting career features solo and group exhibitions like "Send Nudes" and "Playground." His work explores corporeality and pictorial illusionism, challenging norms around nudity, coexistence, and censorship.
Recipient of several art awards, he founded Atelier Mesones in 2017 and Salón Mesones (formerly lagalerí_a) in 2020. He is based in the Historic Center of Mexico City.
Statement
My artistic practice is a complex interplay of relationships and modes of existence, where each medium—be it painting, video, or installation—serves as a unique lens to explore ethics, politics, and the human condition. This liminal space allows for a co-creative process that challenges norms and invites open, complex reflections on life and art.
Exhibitions.
Solo shows
2023 /
Open Studio Miguel Casco. Art Gallery Studios; Mexico City (MX).
2022 /
Send Nudes. Tube Factory Artspace; Indianapolis (USA).
San Ildefonso 55. Casa Báanal; Mexico City (MX). Curated by Andarín.
Send Nudes. ArtBug L. A., California (USA).
Send Nudes. 88th & Amsterdam SA, San Antonio (USA).
2021 /
Playground. Mexican Cultural Institute SA, San Antonio (USA). Curated by Humberto Chávez Mayol and Pamela Meraz Taboada.
Send Nudes. Virtual Gallery Luis Nishizawa, Ciudad de México (MX). Curated by Gabriela Mosqueda.
El Desayuno (The Breakfast). DabArt-Artsy, Los Ángeles (USA).
Send Nudes. The Garden of the Zodiac Gallery, Omaha (USA). Curated by Humberto Chávez Mayol.
Send Nudes. Lorenzo & Taquito, San Miguel de Allende (MX). Curated by Pamela Meraz Taboada.
El desayuno (film). Compartimento Cinematográfico, San Miguel de Allende (MX). Curated by Nina Rodríguez.
2020 /
Desmontar la mirada. Casa Equis, Ciudad de México (MX). Curated by Daniel Escamilla.
2019 /
Send nudes. Casa Equis, Ciudad de México (MX).
2018 /
Watch My Porn. Áncora MT, Yucatán (MX). Curated by Humberto Chávez Mayol.
2016 /
Propiedad imaginaria. Diorama, Ciudad de México (MX).
Representamen. Centro Deportivo Israelita, Ciudad de México (MX).
2015 /
Economía de la imagen. T-205, Puebla (MX).
2014 /
Miguel Ángel Casco. Museo Latino, Omaha (USA). Curated by Humberto Chávez Mayol.
Agenciamiento por lo pictórico. Luz de la nevera, Puebla (MX).
Líneas de expresión. Luz de la nevera, Puebla (MX).
Group shows (selection)
2024 /
Paraphrasing Picasso. Colegio de San Ildefonso; curated by Rogelio Cuellar and María Luisa Passarge, Mexico City, Mexico.
Following the Traces of the Future. Proyecto Cacahuate; curated by Humberto Chávez Mayol, Mérida, Mexico.
2023 /
11x11. ARTBUG + Atelier Mesones, Mexico City (MX).
35 años Salón dès Aztecas. EME Gallery + Salón Dès Aztecas, Mexico City (MX).
hello again. Capilla del Arte UDLAP, Puebla (MX).
But, is this Art?. Salón Virtual de Arte + Factible Fábrica de Creación, Mexico City (MX).
General Rincón Gallardo 14. Curated by Andarín, Obra Gris, Mexico City (MX).
2022 /
Clavo Movimiento. Andarín, Mexico City (MX).
Reflexiones Insensatas. .altaier, Mexico City (MX).
Efímero. PRPGMX, Mexico City (MX). Curated by Micheal Swank.
Sórdida. Senate of the Republic, Mexico City (MX). Curated by Jahdiel Guillén.
Carnalidades. Rosa Gorila, Mexico City (MX). Curated by Dany Gowen.
Índigo Taller… y de la forma. Índigo Taller, Mérida (MX). Curated by Humberto Chávez Mayol.
2021 /
Maroma Vol. 2. Mexico City (MX).
Parámetro 04 - Bienal Arte Lumen. Museo de la Ciudad, Mexico City (MX).
Clavo Movimiento. Galería Unión - Casa Versalles, Mexico City (MX).
Bondage is Bonding. #Nones - Otra Feria, Buenos Aires (ARG). Curated by Emmanuel Rodríguez-Mazon (t. c. c. Zael von Mazon) and Aldebarán Solares.
2020 /
XII Bienal Nacional de Pintura y Grabado Alfredo Zalce. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo “Alfredo Zalce”, Michoacán (MX).
Creando Memorias desde lo Contemporáneo. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey (MX).
Climax: Entre lo sublime y el éxtasis. Mercarte-Territorio, Mexico City, (MX). Curated by Laura Bazán.
Esto es Ahora Subasta de Arte Contemporáneo. Morton’s Casa de Subastas, Mexico City (MX).
2019 /
Bienal de Artes Plásticas “Dr. Alfonso Pérez Romo”. Museo Nacional de la Muerte de la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes (MX).
2018 /
Otherness. Universidad de Leipzig, Leipzig (DE).
2017 /
Bifurcaciones intangibles. Casa de los Enanos, Puebla (MX). Curada por Humberto Schiavon.
2016 /
Adopta/adapta (9a ed.) Vicente Rojo Escrito/Pintado. Capilla del Arte UDLAP, Puebla (MX). Curated by Alonso Pérez Fragua.
2015 /
25x25x25. Capilla del Arte UDLAP, Puebla (MX).
2014 /
La investigación semiótica en el espacio educativo de las artes. Centro Cultural Universitario Bicentenario, San Luis Potosí (MX).
2013 /
The Story of the Creative. Angel Orensanz Foundation, Nueva York (USA).
2011 /
La imaginación de lo real. Galería del Palacio Municipal, Puebla (MX).