Maruch Méndez

Maruch Méndez

BornNationalityBased In
1957MexicanN/A
Biography

Maruch Méndez took up contemporary visual art upon joining the MUY artists’ community almost a decade ago. With a legendary background in Chamula embroidery, shepherding, adoptive parenthood, traditional prayer and curing, and now religious cargo-holder with deep historic-cosmological knowledge, Maruch’s paintings have been singled out in national and international museum shows in recent years. In Material Art Fair, Méndez presents a series of monotype painted engravings, based on interactions between humans and earth deities in quasi-historical narratives directing us to proper action and Maya eudaimonia (good life). ...

Selected Artworks
Birds
Maruch Méndez
Birds, 2023
39.7 x 35.2cm
Candles: when a person is sick
Maruch Méndez
Candles: when a person is sick, 2018
70 x 70cm
Happy family
Maruch Méndez
Happy family, 2023
51 x 40.4cm
Jsut’ubi (Whirlwind)
Maruch Méndez
Jsut’ubi (Whirlwind), 2018
60 x 70cm
Our roots
Maruch Méndez
Our roots, 2020
35 x 40cm
Oy jun vinik bat ta camposanto (The man who went to the cemetery)
Maruch Méndez
Oy jun vinik bat ta camposanto (The man who went to the cemetery), 2023
29.5 x 19.5cm
The cornfield
Maruch Méndez
The cornfield, 2023
30 x 20cm
Three women
Maruch Méndez
Three women, 2021
180 x 173.2cm
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