The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey is pleased to host the exhibition of artists awarded by the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Habitar. The exhibition brings together previously unseen work by nine Latin American artists selected for the 18th edition of the 2020 Grants & Commissions Program, organized in 2020. The artists recognized in the program and participating in the exhibition are Martha Araújo (Brazil), Tania Candiani (Mexico), Simone Michelin (Brazil), Adán Vallecillo (Honduras), Paloma Contreras Lomas (Mexico), Rolando López (Mexico), Lucas Lugarinho (Mexico), María Noujaim (Brazil), and Milton Raggi Vinueza.

The works created especially for this call will be exhibited for the first time at MARCO, curated by Taiyana Pimentel, director of the museum, who in some cases selected additional works to those awarded. The works share a common exploration of the body and performance art. Another relevant interest in the works is the investigation of art and technology, as well as attitudes toward technological media.

In 2004, CIFO founded the Grants and Commissions Program to support and recognize contemporary Latin American artists. Since then, each edition has been exhibited at the collection’s Miami headquarters, but since 2018 it has traveled to other venues. That year it was exhibited at the Centro Cultural Metropolitano de Quito (metQUITO) in Ecuador, and in 2019 it was presented at the Museo del Barrio in New York City, United States.

The work of the artists featured in the exhibition shares a common focus on research, fieldwork, and historical and social questioning of issues in Latin America. They also explore the body, installation, and image from a contemporary perspective.

The Cisneros Fontanals Foundation for the Arts (CIFO) is a non-profit organization founded by Ella Fontanals-Cisneros in 2002. The foundation’s mission is to support and promote cultural understanding and educational exchange between Latin American artists and the international public.