Exhibition underlining LGBTQ Pride and Diversity Month at Red Dot Art Gallery

Artist Fran García Vázquez

Fran Garcia is a multidisciplinary artist who presents three polychromatic ceramic sculptures fashioned to the style of her famous family’s studio in Ocotlan, Oaxaca.

Her themes are sensual transgender characters of her culture: Muxes, charts, transmermaids and cabaret dancers.

Project Description:

Muxe, 2024

Libertad, 2024

Ceramic artist from Ocotlan de Morelos, Oaxaca who grew up in the family of the master ceramic artist Josefina Aguilar. She dedicated herself to create painted ceramic figures by a very young age. Presently, her work differs in sensibility and expression; it focuses mainly on playing with gender roles in representing personalities of Oaxacan culture, such as mermaids, saints, virgins, cabaret ladies, Muxes, and other icons. They are a representation of her jovial imagination and are part of her everyday life. Her goal is to have the collector find a connection with her work and images.

“Being an artisan means a lot to me, since by doing so I am preventing a heritage that dates back to our ancestors from disappearing, and now I express it in a more current way.”

Competitions and exhibitions:

2008, Honorable mention in competition and exhibition by the Museum of Popular Art of Oaxaca in San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca in collaboration with Friends of Oaxaca Folk Art (FOFA) of New York.

2011, Honorable mention from the same contest.

2013, Honorable mention with the theme "CELEBRATING OUR MOTHER EARTH".

2016, Honorable mention with the theme "HONORING OUR ROOTS, EXPLORING OUR DREAMS".

2018, Honorable mention with the theme "SHOWING THE STRENGTH OF MY PEOPLE".

2020, Honorable mention with the topic "THE IMPACT OF COVID ON POPULAR ART".

2018, Exhibitor in the Month cultural exchange between Mexico and Italy in Casarsa Italia.

2018, Exhibitor at the Museum of Natural History in New York City.

2019, Invited as a speaker at the "IV INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON WOMEN, FEMINISM AND POPULAR ART, in Mexico City.

2021, Second place at the state level in the first Day of the Dead contest, organized by the SECRETARY OF CULTURE AND FONART.

2022, Second place in the first Oaxacan Young Art contest "Jovenes de Excelencia 2022" held at the facilities of the Museum Popular Art of Oaxaca and sponsored by Fomento Cultural Citibanamex.

2022, Honorable mention in the sixth FOFA MEAPO contest with the theme "Finding Hope through Art".

2023, Winner of second place in the XXIII STATE POPULAR ART PRIZE "BENITO JUÁREZ" by the Institute, Promotion and Protection of the Crafts of the State of Oaxaca.

About Fran García Vázquez

Charrx, 2024

Sirenx, 2024