Filiberto Montesinos Castañón was born in 1972 in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.He turned toward art ever since his infancy, but first began studying business administration at the Centre ofProfessional Studies “Fray Bartolomé de las Casas” in Chiapas. After having graduated in that discipline, hefollowed an artistic training at the University of Sciences and Arts of Chiapas (UNICACH) and took courses increativity at the Free State University of Puebla, where his first individual exhibition took place in 1993. In 2003
he was honoured "Best New Artist of the Year" in Los Angeles by the Foundation "Parents against cancer,"
with commendations from US Vice President Dick Cheney.

Filiberto considers himself as a surrealist figurative painter in the tradition of the Mexican artists David Alfaro
Siqueiros, Remedios Varo and the US American Georgia O'Keeffe. The latter opened his eyes to the poetry
of the details of everyday life.
The starting point and primary objective of any of his paintings is to create a powerful mural with soul and
texture. He therefore almost always pre-treats his canvases covering them with successive layers of a rich
mixture of oil paint and sand; either hard and thick like the sand from the Palm Springs desert, or soft and fine
like the river sand from other regions of the world. Combining these materials with a selection of strong colours,
Filiberto manages to give his work a unique and fascinating expression, fully displaying the harmony of the
selected motive into a full-scale aesthetic moment.

Filiberto's work has been widely exhibited internationally. 

EXHIBITIONS (selection)

• 2001 - "Latin Style" Exhibition of the 1st „Latin Grammy Award" Gala, in Los Angeles, CA
• 2002 - “Dragón Galleries” of Nyack, New York, and Amagansett, Hamptons, NY.
• 2003 - Awarded “Best New Artist of the Year” by the “Parents Against Cancer” Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
• 2006 - Solo exhibition at the Mexican Embassy in Brussels.
• 2008 - Steiner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
• 2009 - “El Pacifico” Gallery, Stuttgart

                     - Solo exhibition at the Mexican Cultural Institute of Vienna, Austria. 

• 2010 - “Art Présent” Gallery, Paris

                     - "Art Café 26" Gallery, Williamsburg, VA, United States

• 2011 - Julio Cortázar Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
• 2012 - Berliner List, Berlin
• 2013 - Art Zürich, Switzerland-

                     - Art Taipei, Taiwan

• 2014 - Solo exhibition at the Consulate General of Mexico in Frankfurt/Main

                     - Art Beijing, Beijing, China

                     - Spectrum Miami Art Show, Florida, USA

• 2015 - 6th Baden-Württemberg Artists Fair, Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart

                     - 5th international fair “Artistes du Monde” in Cannes, France, under the auspices of Marina Picasso.

                     „125 Variations on Van Gogh“, Breda Museum, Netherlands

• 2016 - Exhibition of the 39th art prize of the cultural foundation of the Karlsruhe savings bank.

                     - Collective exhibition "Körperphantasien" – Kunstwerk Gallery in Stuttgart Fellbach

                     - „Nationale Kunstdagen“, Rotterdam, Netherlands

• 2017 - 2nd Prize „Kommunikation-Komm in Aktion“, Update Gallery, Bonn, Germany
• 2018 - Mentana Gallery, Florence, Italy

                     - Exhibition of the 41st art prize of the cultural foundation of the Karlsruhe savings bank.

                     - International exhibition GLOBAL ART at the Belfry of Bruges, Belgium

• 2019 - Art3F fairs in Lyon, Brussels & Mulhouse

                     - Collective exhibition “ Hashtags - Schöne, neue, reale Welt“, Vielfältig gallery, Flums, Switzerland

                     - Collective exhibition “MEMORIAS“ at the cultural centre of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

• 2020 - Art3F fair in Luxembourg
• 2022 - 28th international art exhibition FORM-A(R)T, Glinde near Hamburg, Germany