Art

Cynthia Gutiérrez is one of the leading figures of contemporary art in Mexico. Throughout her research-based projects, Gutiérrez navigates the relationship between past and present, memory and oblivion. Her work examines how time impacts both the symbolic and the material world, and how concepts such as nationalism, victory, and triumph are the result of a particular moment of history that could vanish with time. Gutiérrez has utilized a number of mediums including sculpture, video, painting, drawings, and tapestries to investigate the ways in which identity is embedded in objects. Her work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and Mexico. She has a background in visual art from the University of Guadalajara. She was born in 1978 in Guadalajara, Mexico, where she currently resides.