JORGE MARÍN'S ART IS DISTURBING AND CHALLENGES US TO SEEK OUR OWN REFLECTION AND AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE. SCULPTURE, UNLIKE OTHER ARTS, OFFERS US THE POSSIBILITY OF DEALING WITH THREE DIMENSIONS, SO IT IS AN INEXHAUSTABLE VEHICLE OF EXPRESSION. WITH A CAREER OF MORE THAN 30 YEARS, MARÍN HAS BECOME AN OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATIVE OF CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE, BOTH IN MEXICO AND IN THE WORLD.

HE WAS BORN IN URUAPAN, MICHOACÁN IN 1963. HE STUDY AT THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PLASTIC ARTS-UNAM AND AT THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF CONSERVATION, RESTORATION AND MUSEOGRAPHY MANUEL DEL CASTILLO NEGRETE-INAH. IN 2013, HE RECEIVED THE MELCHOR OCAMPO AWARD FROM THE LEGISLATIVE PALACE OF MORELIA AND IN 2015 HE WAS AWARDED THE HONORIS CAUSA DOCTORATE BY THE AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF CAMPECHE. JORGE MARÍN WAS NAMED GOODWILL AMBASSADOR OF UNICEF MEXICO, IN 2019, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS WORK IN FAVOR OF THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENCE, THROUGH THE CREATION OF ARTISTIC CREATIVITY WORKSHOPS, SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES IN SITUATIONS OF VULNERABILITY.

OVER THE YEARS, HIS WORK HAS EXPANDED BEYOND THE EXHIBITION ROOMS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, NOW FORMING PART OF THE URBAN LANDSCAPE IN STREETS AND SQUARES AROUND THE WORLD.

HAS PARTICIPATED IN MORE THAN 320 GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS. HIS WORK, IN ADDITION TO MEXICO, HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, PANAMA, CANADA, UNITED STATES, GERMANY, AZERBAIJAN, BELGIUM, SPAIN, DENMARK, FRANCE, HUNGARY, ENGLAND, LATVIA, NORWAY, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA , RUSSIA, SERBIA, SWEDEN, TURKEY, KUWAIT, LEBANON, ISRAEL, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, EGYPT, CHINA, HONG KONG, INDONESIA, SINGAPORE AND JAPAN.

IN 2010, JORGE MARÍN EXHIBITED THIRTEEN MONUMENTAL SCULPTURES ON THE PASEO DE LA REFORMA, ONE OF THE EMBLEMATIC SITES OF MEXICO CITY, IN ORDER TO BRING THEM CLOSER TO PEOPLE, EXPOSING THEM TO THE TOUCH, SIGHT AND DIRECT INTERACTION OF PASSERSBY . SINCE THEN, HIS WORK AND HIS SEARCH AS A SCULPTOR WERE ENRICHING WITH THE INTEREST OF REACHING AN INCREASINGLY DIVERSE AUDIENCE.