Julio Galán

Julio Galán (1958 or 1959[lower-alpha 1] – August 4, 2006) was a Mexican artist and architect. Galán was one of Latin America's neo-expressionist painters of the end of the last century and the beginning of this one.. His paintings and collages are full of elements that usually represent his life.

Biography

Galán was born into a wealthy and conservative Roman Catholic family in Muzquiz, a northern Mexican mining town. As a child he attended private school in Monterrey, Mexico and later enrolled to study architecture at the University of Monterrey.[1] Galán started his career in this town.

He was first brought to attention by Andy Warhol, who printed several of Galán's works in his magazine, Interview, shortly after Galán moved to New York City in 1984. After that Galán started to exhibit in New York, Mexico and Europe. In 1994 he won the "Premio Marco" from the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey; in the same year he exhibited at the Center for Fine Arts in Miami, Florida, the Museo de Arte Moderno in México City, and the Contemporary Art Museum of Houston, Texas.

He died on the plane that was taking him back to Monterrey in 2006, after suffering a brain hemorrhage.[2]

Notes
  1. According to Encyclopædia Britannica, Galán was born December 6, 1958.[1] The New York Times[2] and The queer encyclopedia of the visual arts say he was born in 1959.[3]

References
  1. "Julio Galán". Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. Obituary in The New York Times
  3. Devlin, Kieron; Youmans, Joyce M. (2004). "Latin American art". In Summers, Claude J. (ed.). The queer encyclopedia of the visual arts. San Francisco: Cleis Press. ISBN 9781573441919.

Art in Review https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/06/arts/art-in-review-julio-galan.html


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