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Artist Statement

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Magaly Vega-Lopez was born in Mexico City in 1986. She is a visual storyteller who uses counter-narratives to start a dialogue on the violent acts of reality and pursues possible social healing through art.

She likes the idea of creating fictions that play with the "real". Stories that we can relate to, between the familiar and the oddness, she plays—creating new worlds that seem familiar but unrecognizable at the same time. 

She uses art as a way to honor stories. Using her heritage to re-imagine the past and always think of art as a social act rather than an individual practice.


She is currently working on the  “violence of the invisible”,  the kind of violence that is linked to what we normally do not associate with instruments of cruelty. The violence that starts in the private sphere and ends up being reflected in the public space. Her art, a way to deal with the ominous present, a form of transgression, an open invitation.




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Education

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2019
MA Art + Education
NYU Steinhardt
New York, NY

2016
MFA Painting
New York Academy of Art
New York, NY

2010
BA Interactive Design.
Universidad Iberoamericana
México City, Mexico

Art Residencies

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2024

Duplex Air.

Lisbon, Portugal.

El almacén.
Valle de Santiago, Mexico

2023

Gamli Skóli-Old School Arthouse

Hrísey, Iceland

Lagos Berlín

x

Momentum Air

Berlin, Germany






2022

Mango

x Puertas Abiertas
Punta del Este, Uruguay

2021
J.A. Monroy x

Lagos

CDXM, Mexico

2019

Flair Talents

Bulle, Switzerland

2018

Tribu de Trueno

Bariloche, Argentina

2015
The Moscow Art Residency
NYAA Art Residency
Moscow & St. Petersburg, Russia

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Solo  Exhibitions

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2024-25
Reimagining Cihuateotl
Museum of Contemporary Art of Queretaro .
Manuel Acuña esq Avenida Reforma Oriente S/N, La Cruz, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico

2024
Indiscernible insurrections. fireplaces, fumaroles and luminaires.
El Almacen. AiR.
Centro Universitario de Negocios del Bajío. Campus Valle de Santiago. Ignacio Zaragoza 73,Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato, Mexico.

2023
Arrivée d’air
Dos Mares- lieu de recherche en art x Pancho López
5 Rue Vian, Marseille, France.

Love in a Mist
Lagos Berlin x Momentum Air
Kunstquartier Bethanien. 
Mariannenpl. 2, Berlin, Germany.

2018
The Revolution of the Oblivion
Tribu de trueno. Estación Araucanía.
Av. Bustillo 11, 500. San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina.

Selected
Group Exhibitions

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2025
Festival EXTRA!
International Festival of Performance
Colombia-Mexico Edition 2025
Museum of Contemporary Art Bogota
Cra. 74 #82A-81
Bogota, Colombia

2024
Lisboa Artweekend 2024
Duplex Air
Angelina Vidal 31C - 1170-017
Lisbon, Portugal

WOMAN in 100 YEARS
Istanbul Arel Üniversitesi
Isntabul, Turkey

UPRISING
Nasty Gallery
x Arbeit Studios,
Trowbridge Gardens,
1 Trowbridge RD, London, UK

2ndo Encuentro de Latinoamericano de Performance Art Berlin ‘23
OKK Raum
Berlin, Germany

“La Miscelánea del Arte” 2.0
Tandem Galería x Planta Baja
CDMX, Mexico

Centro Cultural Ceccann, Puebla #402 A,CDMX, Mexico,15020
Artistic results of artistic residency.

El Almacen. AiR.
Hacienda San Javier, Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato, Mexico

2023
FORM and SUBSTANCE International Performance Festival.
RACA. Central American Art Network.
Museo de la identidad nacional. (National Idendity Museum) Tegucigalpa y Comayaguela, Honduras

Exphygit Corpse Pavilion
curated by Ricardo Bodini
The wrong Biennale

Adam meets Eve Pavilion
curated by Jorge Sellés
The wrong Biennale

Fermin Revueltas: National call for figurative painting.
Gurza Negrete Palace Museum of History and Contemporary Art.

Durango, Mexico
IX Feria Arte Aparte 2023
Espacio Belleartes
Caceres, Spain

Art and Poetry Day Hrísey.
Old School/Gamli barnaskólinn -Skólagata/Midbraut - 630 Hrísey, Iceland

1er Encuentro de Latinoamericano de Performance Art Berlin ‘23
OKK Raum
Berlin, Germany

Truth Trust Trees
Verwalterhaus 
Berlin, Germany

2nd Group Show
Colmaro Collective
Querétaro, Mexico

Narrarnos Juntas
Centro Cultural Tlatelolco
CDMX, Mexico

Qipo Fair

Edificio Dondé
Art Week Mexico
CDMX, Mexico










2022
Hybrid
Puertas Abiertas
Punta del Este, Uruguay

M3MORIA
Vive Arte Queretaro Gallery
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico,  76010

6x6
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
137 East Ave, Rochester, NY

Women who inspire and make us fall in love
Salieris de Van Gogh
Cordoba, Argentina

International Women’s Salon
Centro Cultural Paraíso
Av Eva Perón 8990, Loma Hermosa, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1657

2021
Open Lagos
Lagos x Gallery Weekend Mexico
Laguna de Tamiahua 3,Colonia Anahuac I Sección, CDMX, Mexico, 11320

Cadmus et Mineralia
Vive Arte Queretaro Gallery
Querétaro, Mexico,  76010

XIII Bienal Puebla de los Ángeles
University Iberoamericana of Puebla
Blvrd del Niño Poblano 2901, Reserva Territorial Atlixcáyotl, Centro Comercial Puebla, San Andrés Cholula, Pue., Mexico, 72810

The uncertain time
Centro de Estudios Pictóricos
Autonomous University of Queretaro. School of Fine Arts.
Hidalgo Poniente S/N, C.U. Santiago de Querétaro, México,  76010

2020
“Mexicraneos”, Mexican Pride. Casa Milan Calle Milan 41, Juárez, CDMX, Mexico, 06600

100 years
Querétaro Museum of Contemporary Art
Manuel Acuña esq, Av Reforma Ote S/N, La Cruz,Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico,  76010

Culture marathon.
Capital Cultura de América.
Government of Mexico City.

Levadura, National meeting of community culture
El Rule Comunidad de Saberes

Facebook Livestream

“Encerron”, Building a separate reality, bonding from the confinement
Section:  "A separate reality"

Levadura, National meeting of community culture

Facebook Livestream

“Encerron”, Territories, Corporalities, Spatialities
Section:  "New spatialities"

Levadura, National meeting of community culture

Facebook Livestream

“Nosotrxs”
Performance
In the framework of the III Encounter on sexual diversities and disagreements

Laboratorio de Cuerpo

Youtube livestream

2019
4th Biennal. The Wrong
Epicentre
"video on screen" program

curated by systaime

& David Quiles Guillo

Valencia

NYU Alumni Show 2019

curated by Martha Wilson

Barney Gallery
34 Stuyvesent St, NY, NY, 10003

Paddle 8 +
New York Academy of Art
curated by Lolita Cross

online exhibition

Greenpoint Open Studios 2019

Java Studios
252 Java St., Brooklyn, NY, 11205

2018
Real Men
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
curated by Brooke Shields and David Kratz
500 Brickell Key Dr, Miami, FL 33131
Part of Miami Art Week Fair

1st Biennal. Nunca fuimos nada
Los 14
Gabino Barreda 19, San Rafael, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico,  06470

Somewhat Unwanted
Los 14
Gabino Barreda 19, San Rafael, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico,  06470
Part of Santo Santa Event Summer  2018









Greenpoint Open Studios 2018
Java Studios
252 Java St., Brooklyn, NY, 11205

Artspace + New York Academy of Art

curated by Damien Loeb

https://www.artspace.com

Little but Fierce
ChaSaMa
7 E 14th St, NY, 10003

Mother and Child
198 Allen Gallery Space & Sugarlift
198 Allen St, New York, NY, 10002
In Perspective
Wilkinson Gallery
111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

2017
Deck the Walls
Wilkinson Gallery
111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

Trazando Ayuda
Unitec Gallery
Calzada Ermita Iztapalapa, 09810 Mexico City, Mexico

Single Fare 4 Exhibition
Highline Stages
441 W 14th St, New York, NY,10014

New York Academy of Art Annual Summer Exhibition
Flowers Gallery
529 West 20th Street, New York, NY, 10013

Perfection for a T
105 Gallery
111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

Greenpoint Open Studios 2017
Java Studios
252 Java St., Brooklyn, NY, 11205

Impronta
Galería Libertad
Libertad 56, Centro, 76000 Santiago de Querétaro, Qro., Mexico

2016
Deck the Walls
Wilkinson Gallery
111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

Picturing the Unprintable
Flux Factory
39-31 29th st, Long Island City, NY, 11101

Apapacho
Baron’s
564 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11205

La Casa Rosada
Kinfolk 94
94 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11249

MFA Thesis Exhibit
111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

The Copyist Culmination event
The MET Fifth Avenue
1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028

Tribeca Ball
New York Academy of Art
111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

Moscow Residency Exhibition
105 Gallery
111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

2015
Deck the Walls
Wilkinson Gallery
111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

Tribeca Ball
New York Academy of Art
111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

2014
COPY/CUT/EDIT
New York Academy of Art
111 Franklin St, New York, NY, 10013

Pictoplasma Exhibition
MARCO (Monterrey Museum of Contemporary Art)
Zuazua S/N, Centro, 64000 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

The Pictoplasma Portrait Gallery
Pictoplasma
Kaufhaus Jandorf, Brunnenstr. 19-21, Berlin Mitte, Germany

Menta Movement
MACAY (Yucatan Museum of Contemporary Art )
Pasaje Revolucion, Centro Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

2013
Creative Rising Exhibition
See. Me
26-19 Jackson AVE Long Island City, NY, 11101

The Story of the Creative
See. Me
26-19 Jackson AVE Long Island City, NY, 11101

2012
9th edition
"Corredor Cultural Roma Condesa"
SAE Institute Mexico // José Vasconcelos 184, Ciudad de México, México



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Awards

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2023
Fermin Revueltas: National call for figurative painting. 
Selected work.

Kaleido X Arte de México
Winter 2022 Contest
Honorific Mention

2022
3rd Digital Illustration
National Contest
Rodin Mexico

2021
J.A. Monroy
Art Residency at Lagos

Merit Scholarship
TC Columbia University

2020

J.A. Monroy

Post-Painting Workshop



J.A. Monroy

Mentorship Program

Multimedia Center

CENART

Mentorship Program

2018
CoNaCyT-INBA Grant

2014
Merit Scholarship
New York Academy of Art
2012
SAE Graffiti contest
SAE Institute Mexico

2011
Cut & Paste Mexico finalist
2D Category

Summa Cum Laude
Universidad Iberoamericana




2010
Cut & Paste Mexico semifinalist
3D Category

International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications Poster Design: “Metadata application profile: Integrating different metadata schemes for cataloging digital learning material collection at Biblioteca Francisco Xavier Clavigero, Universidad Iberoamericana”

Campus Party Mexico
Multimedia Center, CENART

2009
MSR Design Expo 2010
“Service meets Social”
Universidad Iberoamericana



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Seminars, Talks & Workshops

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2023
Interview
Arte de México x Kaleido
CDMX, Mexico

Entre Nortes
2nd BiNational encounter of Women Visual Artist
Baja California Secretary of Culture

2022
4th International Summit of Visual Arts
Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro
Queretaro, Mexico

2021
II International Summit and VII AMEST National Colloquium. Aesthetics and Corporalities
Mexican Association for Aesthetics Studies A. C.
School of Fine Arts
Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro
Queretaro, Mexico

3rd International Virtual Summit of Visual Arts
Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro
Queretaro, Mexico

2020
"I International Virtual Congress. Space-time and bodies: propositional geopolitics for Our America"
Universidad Autónoma de México
Centro de Investigaciones sobre América Latina y el Caribe

Artistic visits at a distance
Series 1.
Raúl Sangrador

2nd International Summit of Visual Arts:
Art and Technology.
Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro
Queretaro, Mexico

2019
Visionary Studios:
Breaking the silence
on Gender Violence
NYU
NYC, NY

2018
1st National Summit of Visual Arts:
A look at Contemporary Art.
Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro
Queretaro, Mexico

Teaching Experience

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2025
Professor
SAE Institute Mexico
Traditional Techniques of Visual Expression
Post-Graduate Level

Professor
SAE Institute Mexico
Perspective Drawing
Post-Graduate Level

Professor
SAE Institute Mexico
Visual Development for Videogames
Bachelor Level

Professor
SAE Institute Mexico
Fundamentals of Drawing
Bachelor Level

2022
Professor
SAE Institute Mexico
Layout and Background
Bachelor Level

Professor
SAE Institute Mexico
Seminar Thesis
Bachelor Level

Guest Professor
UAQ
Color Theory
Bachelor Level

2021
Guest Professor
UAQ
Color Theory
Bachelor Level

Teacher
Portfolio Reviews
Online Art Workshop

2020
Professor
Portrait Exploration
Online Art Workshop

Professor
Intro to Portrait
Online Art Workshop

Guest Professor
UAQ
Color Theory
Online Art Workshop
Bachelor Level


TAP Profile


2019
Teacher Assistant
City- as- School
Art Classes
High School

Student- Teacher
PS 188 The Island School
Art Classes 5th-8th

2018
Guest Professor
UAQ
Color Theory
Bachelor Level

Student- Teacher
Girls Prep Lower East Side
Art classes
K-4th

Teacher Assistant
PS 188 The Island School
Social action Makerspace Class
5th-8th

2017
Teacher
Goose Grease after-school
Art Classes
K-5th

2016
Teacher Assistant
Borough of Manhattan CC
Painting Studio I

2015
Teacher Assistant
New York Academy of Art. Certificate

Manu Saluja

Painting I: Direct Painting

2011 - 2013
Supervisor// Teacher // Teacher Assistant
SAE Institute Mexico
Supervisor:
Digital Animation Diploma and Game Design Diploma.
Teacher:
Color Theory, Introduction to 3D modeling, Composition and Layout Design for Backgrounds.
Teacher Assistant:
Typography, Visual Effects, Introduction to Sound and Video, Introduction to Animation, Art History, Storytelling, Design and Communication, Principles of Design, Drawing of the Figure, Photography Foundations,Drawing Foundations, Theory Design, Digital Image.