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Diego Mendoza

Printmaking

Mexican • Based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Born 1988

Languages: English - Spanish

Diego Mendoza is a Mexican printmaker and educator based in the UAE. He works across relief, intaglio, lithography, screen printing, and risography, bridging traditional print processes with contemporary image culture to examine identity, representation, and cultural symbols.

Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

2024
Hic Sunt Dracones
SGCI Conference: Verified by Proof, Providence, USA
2023
Made in Tashkeel
Tashkeel Dubai
2023
Press Print!
Aisha Alabbar Gallery, Dubai
2023
Authentic Marks
Shaghaf Group, Dubai
2023
9 In Hand Press Print Exchange
Pennsylvania, USA
2017
Private Exhibition
Chargé d'Affaires residence, US Embassy, Doha, Qatar

Artistic Practice

RESEARCH APPROACH

Uses image collection and collage across historical and contemporary media to question representation and cultural meaning.

KEY THEMES

Identity, diaspora, masculinity, representation, cultural symbols, mass media

METHODS AND PROCESSES

Builds image archives, then compiles and reconfigures material through print processes including relief, intaglio, lithography, screen, and risography.

Mediums

PRIMARY

Relief printmaking, intaglio, lithography, screen printing, risography

SECONDARY

Collage, image archiving

DEGREES

2018
Master of Arts, Educational Leadership
Framingham State University, Massachusetts, USA
2014
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Printmaking (minor in Art History)
Virginia Commonwealth University, Doha, Qatar

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