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

HE WAS BORN IN 1963 IN URUAPAN, MICHOACÁN. HE STUDIED AT THE ESCUELA NACIONAL ARTES PLÁSTICAS-UNAM AND THE ESCUELA NACIONAL DE CONSERVACIÓN, RESTAURACIÓN Y MUSEOGRAFÍA MANUEL DEL CASTILLO NEGRETE-INAH. IN 2013 HE RECEIVED THE PRESEA MELCHOR OCAMPO FROM THE PALACIO LEGISLATIVO DE MORELIA AND IN 2015 HE WAS AWARDED THE DOCTOR HONORIS CAUSA BY THE UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE 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 ADOLESCENTS THROUGH THE CREATION OF ARTISTIC CREATIVITY WORKSHOPS THAT SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN VULNERABLE SITUATIONS. OVER THE YEARS, HIS WORK HAS EXPANDED BEYOND EXHIBITION HALLS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS TO BECOME PART OF THE URBAN LANDSCAPE IN STREETS AND SQUARES AROUND THE WORLD.

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

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