Ceniceros is a creator that doesn't play with
art as do many of his peers. He adds value over value until
he reaches a sublime expression of unquestionable merits in
his work." - David Alfaro Siqueiros
Born in El Salto, Durango in 1939, he lived his childhood in
the City of Monterrey, where he started his artistic career
as an industrial designer at La Fama Industries. Between 1955
and 1960 he studied in the Taller de Artes Plásticas
of the UANL, where he became a professor from 1958 until 1961.
He was also a professor of drawing in the Faculty of Architecture
(1958-1961).
His first exhibition was in 1956 in Monterrey. The very next
year he had his first solo show in Mexico City at the Galería
Diana and the Galería de Arte del Gobierno del Estado.
This same year he started working for David Alfaro Siqueiros
in his workshop in Cuernavaca.
In 1962 he worked with Federico Cantú on the stone mural
of the Altars of Galeana in Nuevo León, in 1964 with
Luis Covarrubias on the murals at the Museo Nacional de Antropología
and in Chapultepec, the Ex-Customs building and the Jorge Negrete
Theater in Mexico City. In 1968 he was included at the Salón
de la Plástica Mexicana.
Ceniceros worked on the murals of the Siqueiros Cultural Polyforum.
His life has been characterized by his immense love towards
the arts. The testimony lies in his versatility, and mastery
of a wide array of techniques like painting, drawing, engraving
and sculpture. Ceniceros has a strong intention to transmit
the joy of life in a universe where women have a special place.
He made his debut as a muralist with a piece for the Ciudadela
de Monterrey, in 1962. He went on to make other murals that
can be seen in the Copilco and Tacubaya stations of Mexico City
Subway and which got him nominated for the Premio Mundial de
Arte.
He has obtained many other recognitions such as the Public Education
Secretary National Prize, the prize Salón de la Plástica
Mexicana and the Medal to the Civic Merit from the Nuevo León
Government.
His work has traveled throughout the world to Ecuador, Venezuela,
Cuba, Macedonia, Yugoslavia and the United States to name a
few countries. In 1998, his home state of Durango renovated
an old Hacienda from the 1800's to accommodate the Museo de
Arte Guillermo Ceniceros in his honor.
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