Francis Alys (1959)

His paintings, videos, animations and performances represent repetitive and almost dreamlike situations. His work dwells on a whole state of mind: that of the wanderer. Mr. Alÿs's work is that of a natural explorer of everyday situations, bringing forward the absurdity of private gestures, collective aspirations and monumental efforts in humorous and subtle pieces.

He was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and has lived in Mexico City since 1987. His works have been featured in major solo and group exhibitions across the world, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid, 2003), The Venice Biennale (1999, 2001), The Museum of Modern Art (New York, 2002), Bienal de Lima (2002), and Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico City, 1997).
Claudia Fernandez (1964).

After practicing as a painter for more than a decade, her work moved into photography and video since the late 1990's. Her pieces explore the proliferation and transformations of patterns of every kind within the urban landscape. In her videos, the manipulation of minute aspects of everyday scenes through simple optical gadgets creates moving fields of color and texture that transform the exhibition space into an unstable and hallucinogenic environment. 

Born in Mexico City, she won the first prize in the Monterrey Biennial (1996), and has been awarded the Young Artists' Grant in 1997 and 1999. She has shown her work at the San Diego Museum of Art (2002), Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City (2001), Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2002) and Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City (1998).