CLAUDIA GALLARDO
"Love color, take risks, be curious" (Wearstrer)
"Everything has its beautiful side, but not everyone sees it" (Warhol)
Who I am?
Claudia Gallardo, born in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico in 1968, graduated with a degree in Graphic Design in 1992 and is a visual artist by passion. Since childhood, she has been learning and experimenting in the visual arts through workshops at national and international institutions such as McGill University in Montreal, Arte AC School in Monterrey, Nuevo León, the School of Graphic Arts in Mexico City, and MAC Montreal.
Her artistic training has been complemented by workshops taught by renowned artists from Mexico and abroad, including Ernesto Ríos, Angélica Noriega, Carlos Redman, Glen Rogers, Emilio Abugarade, Luis Nishizawa, Pablo Martínez Corpus, Hugo Anaya, Agustín Castillo, José Alonso Loaiza, Valeria Di Santos, Patricia Soriano, and Sergio Gómez, among others.
Gallardo has held 7 solo exhibitions, one dual exhibition, and has participated in more than 80 group exhibitions, including the following highlights:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 – FLY HIGH, Galería Rubio, Mazatlán, Sinaloa
2023 – SPREAD YOUR WINGS, Frida Kahlo Gallery, UAS, Culiacán, Sinaloa
2022 – Premier Lounge Room, OMA, Culiacán, Sinaloa
2019–2020 – Premier Lounge Room, OMA, Mazatlán, Sinaloa
2016 – Premier Lounge Room, OMA, Culiacán, Sinaloa
2014 – MY ROOTS, MY ESSENCE, Auditorio de Arousa, Villa García de Arousa, Galicia, Spain
(Dual exhibition with painter Alberto Bustillos – El Cuervo)
2012 – ENVOLVING, OMA Gallery, Mazatlán, Sinaloa
2010 – NATURAL VISION, Ramada Hotel, Mazatlán, Sinaloa
2009 – Brushstrokes of My Journey, Casa de la Cultura UAS, Culiacán, Sinaloa
SELECTED NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 – Surreal, Miniarte, Brazil
2025 – Environmental Violence, Frida Kahlo Gallery, Culiacán, Mexico
2025 – Peace, Miniarte, Porto Alegre and Gramado, Brazil
2024 – In White, Babel Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (Sept)
2024 – Living History of Culiacán, Casa de la Cultura UAS, Culiacán, Mexico (Sept)
2024 – The Mystery of Creation, Casa do Brasil, Madrid, Spain (Sept)
2024 – Olympiade D’Art, Parc Floral de Paris, France (June)
2024 – 31 International Artists, Casa de la Cultura UAS, Culiacán, Mexico (Jan)
2023 – II Contemporary Art Festival, All You Need Is Art, Lisbon, Portugal (Oct)
2023 – ACT IV, Azur Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
2023 – Plastic Madness, Cartagena, Colombia
2023 – FUTURA, International Miniart, Gravura Gallery, Brazil
2023 – Caribbean Blue, Teatro Cultural Center, Sincelejo, Colombia
2023 – MAGIC, International Miniart, University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil
2022 – Strokes, Casa Colomos Cultural Center, Guadalajara, Jalisco
2022 – Magic, International Miniart, Brazil
2022 – 14th International BarichArte Salon, Casa Cantabria, Madrid, Spain
2022 – Skulls – Day of the Dead, Skull intervention, Ángela Peralta Theater, Mazatlán
2021 – 12th International BarichArte Salon, Colombia
2021 – First Place, Exhibition and Competition “Midnight Guitars”, José Alfredo Jiménez Museum, Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico
2021 – Sophart Gallery, Mexico City
2021 – International Virtual Exhibition, “ICALMArte Artists Go to Italy”
2021 – 130 Artists Around the World, XXVI University Festival, UAS, Culiacán
2021 – Selected and awarded, “Memories of a Pandemic”, Culiacán
2020–2021 – Life, Miniarte, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2020 – III BIARCO Biennial, Armenia, Colombia
2020 – Mega charity auction of intervened kites honoring Francisco Toledo, Bernardini Gallery, Mexico City
2019 – Traveling exhibition “Mural in Blues”, Hermosillo, Tlaquepaque, Mexico City, and Veracruz
2019 – Empowering Women, Menduina Schneider Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2018 – 2 of EIGHT, ITESM Campus Culiacán
2017 – Plastic Madness, International Exhibition, San Jose City College Gallery, USA
2015–2016 – Artwork exhibited at Laura Urrea Gallery, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur
2015 – HER FRIDA, MY FRIDA, Regional Museum of Guadalajara, Jalisco
2015 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRIDA, MUSA Museum, Zapopan, Jalisco
2014 – CONTEMPORARY ART, Luna Arte Contemporáneo Gallery, Mazatlán
2013 – DRAWING LINES AND FORMS, Luna Arte Contemporáneo Gallery, Mazatlán
2013 – PAPER MIGRATION, Blueseed Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY, USA (July–August)
2013 – RESURRECTION, Pampolini Hall, La Fabbrica, Florence, Italy
2013 – THE CULT OF THE DEAD IN MEXICO, Edigrafica Art Print Workshop, Florence, Italy (Nov)
2013 – CULT OF THE DEAD IN MEXICAN ART, Casa de Colón Museum, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
2013 – PRESENCE OF MEXICAN ART, Hermitage of San Miguel, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands
2011 – Monotype “Made in Mazatlán II”, Luna Arte Contemporáneo Gallery, Mazatlán (Oct)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Independent painting instructor for adults (2007 – Present)
• Gallery Coordinator, OMA Premium Lounge Galleries, Mazatlán and Culiacán (2017 – 2022)
• General Coordinator, Spain–Mexico Cultural Tourism Forum Programs, Canary Islands and Florence, Italy (2012)
• Founder and Director of OMA Gallery, Mazatlán, Sinaloa (2012 – 2020)
• Painting workshops with autistic children (2017)
Claudia Gallardo, born in Culiacán, Mexico, in 1968, is a graphic designer by profession and visual artist by passion. During his childhood and throughout his life he has perfected his artistic skill through workshops in Institutions and with prominent national and international painters. Approximately 16 years ago he decided to make painting his main profession, encouraged by masters such as Pablo Corpus and Glen Rogers. His work combines contrasting features of the work of the great artist Georgia O'Keeffe and Jackson Pollock, whom he admires.
Her father's encouraging words: “Fly high, daughter, your wings are big, enjoy it,” became a source of inspiration and creativity for Claudia. His work reflects a fresh and joyful message, characterized by reflection, gratitude and freedom, attitudes that he seeks to maintain throughout his personal flight on this journey called life.
"In her works, Claudia uses mixed techniques and acrylic to express the beauty of nature through nuances, textures, transparencies, shapes and spontaneous rhythms, creating very organic abstract scenarios, full of color and movement, where metaphorical representations of nature are harmoniously integrated. birds and flight, thus reflecting his constant movement in search of self-discovery and personal growth."