Mario García Torres (b.1975, Monclova, Mexico) lives and works between Mexico City and Los Angeles
Appropriation, storytelling, reenactment, reportage and repetition are a few of the strategies Mario García Torres deploys in his works in order to uncover histories and narratives that highlight the limitation of factual evidence and the subjectivity of historical records. Attached to the historical settings of his projects, his works bridge the past and present by raising awareness about historical knowledge and excluded content, which often reveal the nature of memory. García Torres received a BFA from the Universidad de Monterrey (1998) and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia (2005). Major exhibitions have been held at WIELS, Brussels (2019); Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis (2018) and he has participated in international exhibitions such as Sharjah Biennial 13 (2017); Manifesta 11, Zurich (2016); Documenta 23, Kassel (2012); Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil (2010) and the 52nd Venice Biennale (2007). His work is present in the collections of Tate Modern, Guggenheim Museum, Centre Pompidou and Stedelijk Museum.