Born in 1989 in Monterrey, Mexico
Lives and works in Toronto, Canada
Statement
Painting and drawing are the tools that allow me to infuse a series of everyday scenes and seemingly quiet and discreet objects with an enigmatic presence in an attempt to make this intimacy of things feel expansive.
My work takes the surface as a platform to research ideas on the relationship between abstraction and figuration, color and scale, the poetic and the mundane, or the hidden and the visible.
Whether in the open mouth of a grocery bag or behind heavy drapes and torn papers, the images remaining on a veiled plane intermediate between these relationships are an invitation to an inner world. They record the passage from one space to another and the veil that divides them.
Bio
Born in 1989 in Monterrey, Mexico. He received his bachelor's degree in Graphic Design from the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in 2011.
Saenz has had four solo shows in museums and cultural institutions in Mexico and France and has exhibited in spaces such as Material Art Fair and the MARCO Museum. His work was selected to participate in the Nuevo Leon State Art Award, a comprehensive survey of contemporary art from the Mexican state.
Since 2009 he has participated in Street Painting festivals in public spaces across Mexico and Europe, winning prizes and distinctions in cities in England, France, Germany, Italy, and Mexico. In 2019 he did a residency at the Association of Le Port des Créateurs in Toulon, France, where he had his first solo show in Europe, participated in a street painting festival, and conducted workshops for the local community.
For the last ten years, he worked at Instituto Nuevo Amanecer, an institution in Mexico dedicated to improving the quality of life of children with cerebral palsy and their families, creating artwork in collaboration with the children. He has also been part of numerous charity auctions at the MARCO Museum.
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Works on paper - Morphologies in a house taken over, Le Port des Créateurs. Toulon, France
2017 Sentinels, Fatima Cultural Center. Monterrey, Mexico
2015 Eclipse, Linares Museum. Linares, Mexico
2015 The Idols, Gallery of the Alliance Française. Monterrey, Mexico
Group Exhibitions
2023 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair. Canada
2023 Beijing Contemporary Art Expo. China
2023 Artist Project Toronto. Canada
2012-2022 To the encounter with the sensitive, MARCO Museum. Mexico
2019 9e Festival International de Street Painting de Toulon. France
2019 StreetArt La Valette Vibrations Urbaines. Toulon, France
2009-2019 Festival Bella Via. Mexico
2018 Material Art Fair. Mexico
2018 Nuevo Leon State Art Award, Fundidora Center for the Arts. Mexico
2017 Urban Canvas International Chalk it Up Festival. England
2014 Internationales Street Art Festival Wilhelmshaven. Germany
2013 En Torno al Balón, MARCO Museum. Mexico
2011 XIII Concorso Internazionale dei Madonnari. Italy