Darío Mijangos: Latin Soul
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Darío Mijangos is a native of Mexico City. He studied acting, trained in contemporary dance and classical ballet, but is mostly self-taught in the visual arts, with additional art training. He has developed his painting in oil and acrylics, and expanded his artistic talents to  engraving, drawing, and recently bronze sculpture and objects.

                     
           NAKED                         THE WALL OF SORROWS         MEMORIES FULL OF ABSENCE
         LOS ENCUERADOS                         EL MURO DE LOS LAMENTOS             MEMORIAS LLENAS DE AUSENCIA

In more than a decade of professional work he has participated in more than 46 collective exhibitions in Mexico City, elsewhere in Mexico, and in New York and London. He has been published in four catalogues. He has shown his work in sixteen solo exhibitions - twelve in Mexico, two in Cuba, and two in Argentina. He has had several critiques, the most important by Dr. Luz Merino, Assistant Director of the National Museum of Art in Havana, Cuba. His work is held by a number of collections in Mexico, Argentina, Paraguay, Cuba, USA, England, Germany, and Sweden.

          
THE SPHERE / LA ESFERA          BETWEEN US / DEBOCCIA   

"Why do I paint? I do not know it with certainty. I just know it's a necessity, as important as eating. Shapes come into my head and then I search among my friends for the models that will help me materialize the idea. There's infinite joy in the process of painting; there is also an idea of sacredness in the 'form' and a whole experience with the planning and the composition. Painting is necessary in my life, and all the models participating are my friends, occasional lovers, and my dogs."

MY GUARDIAN ANGEL
ANGEL DE MI GUARDA...

NEITHER AT NIGHT
...NI DE NOCHE

NOR BY DAY
NI DE DÍA

THERE ISN'T ANYONE
NO HAY CON QUIÉN

ORGANIC JONATAN
JONATÁN ORGANICO

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