Represented artist

Lives and works in Mexico City.

Rodolfo Díaz Cervantes is known for an inventive and itinerant practice that encompasses photography, sculpture, installation, and actions. Taken together, his work reveals an emphasis on the notion of experimentation and play through self-imposed rules and the multiple ways in which ideas, languages, and even everyday objects move and are codified. Interested in chance and order, in superstitions, and in the magical value that people give to objects, the artist intuitively represents his questions through materials from his architecture studio or found on the street, charging them with meaning and highlighting his insight. The work of Díaz Cervantes offers an understanding of the fragility of life and everyday life, maintaining a playful and didactic nature. 

Rodolfo Díaz Cervantes studied in the Max Cetto workshop of the Faculty of Architecture of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He obtained the FONCA Young Creators scholarship in 2005, and in 2009 he was co-founder of the Vigueta y Bovedilla Collective. 

He currently directs Taller Tornel, generating design and architecture projects in parallel to his artistic practice. Among his most important exhibitions are: Playlist II, (Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, 2023), Playlist, (SAENGER GALERÍA, 2022 - 2023),  ¿Vamos al Parque?  (Arredondo\Arozarena Gallery, CDMX, 2018), Tocar Madera II (Ta i trä) (Museum of Spirits, Elastic Gallery, Stockholm, 2017), Solo Project (ZONA MACO SUR, CDMX, 2016), Tocar Madera (Casa del Lago , CDMX, 2015), Solo project (ARCO, Madrid, 2015, curated by Chris Sharp and Luiza Teixeira de Freitas), Permutations and other hobbies (Arredondo\Arozarena Gallery, CDMX, 2014), Poisson d'Avril (Desiré Saint Phalle Gallery , CDMX, 2011), El arte del hogar  (Vigueta y Bovedilla, Caja Blanca Gallery, CDMX, 2010), and Nehustán (La Vitrina, Guadalajara, 2009, curated by Patrick Charpenel). He has also participated in gropu shows such as the XIV Femsa Biennial (Antiguo Jesuit College Cultural Center, Pátzcuaro, 2020), Chicago Architecture Biennial (Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, 2017), 12th Art Biennial of (Venice, 2010) and the 10th Biennial do Mercosul (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2015). 

His work is part of private and institutional collections such as, Jumex Collection; Corpus Collection, Colección Archivo, amongst others.