Mexico City, 1991
Ana Segovia produces images through paintings that subvert the heteronormativity of popular imaginaries. The artist revisits mythical scenes and figures from industries like film and sports, reconfiguring their hegemonic role as idealized models of masculinity. An intimate connection to cinema constantly inspires and drives him to transgress norms. Segovia takes familiar images from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and the Western genre, intervening in their forms, altering their tonalities, and dislocating them. It’s in this disruption where he reveals the montage, artifice, and the performativity in constructing gender and national identities.
Segovia's paintings confront viewers with undefined faces, strident color palettes, and scenes infused with humor that juxtaposes the serious. His work positions playfulness as a political tool, challenging and creating tensions in a dialogue between the norm and the unconventional. Segovia rewrites our visual models, inviting us to reconsider them, and offers the possibility of encountering the familiar from a perspective that questions and blurs its contours.
Ana Segovia received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), specializing in painting and drawing.
Segovia lives and works in Mexico City.
noche americana ii, 2023; oil on canvas, 55 1/8 x 78 3/4 in
my eyes are squinting, 2023; oil on linen, 20 7/8 x 15 in
my eyes are wet, 2023; oil on linen, 20 7/8 x 15 in
performance documentation of paisajes, galería karen huber, mexico city, 2022
performance documentation of paisajes, galería karen huber, mexico city, 2022
performance documentation of paisajes, galería karen huber, mexico city, 2022
aunque me espine la mano, 2021; digital video, 5 min 35 sec
aunque me espine la mano, 2021; digital video, 5 min 35 sec
aunque me espine la mano, 2021; digital video, 5 min 35 sec
In this picturesque and storied country II, 2021; hand-intervened film stills mounted on a wall, inkjet and watercolor on opaline paper, variable dimensions installed (detail)
i’ts a little too rough, 2021; oil on linen, 85 x 125 cm (33.46 x 49.21 in.)
i’m a winner, 2021; oil on linen, 170 x 130 cm (66.93 x 51.18 in.)
¡arroz! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6, 2021; oil on canvas, 22 x 30 cm (8.66 x 11.81 in.) each
exterior noche - pedro y compañía, 2020; oil on canvas, 85 x 125 cm (33.46 x 49.21 in.)
¡vámonos con pancho villa!, 2020; oil on canvas, 210 x 240 cm (82.68 x 94.49 in.)
Installation views of la faena, la faena museo taurino, mexico city, 2020
huapango torero, 2020; oil on canvas 233 x 510 cm
installation views of la faena, la faena museo taurino, mexico city, 2020
la noche ya no era oscura, era de lentejuelas, 2019; oil on canvas, 130 x 185 cm (51.18 x 72.83 in.)
el prisionero 13, 2020; oil on canvas, 210 x 240 cm (82.68 x 94.49 in.)
sean, 2020; acrylic and pastel on paper, 75 x 52.5 cm (29.53 x 20.67 in.)
if you walk away i walk away, 2018; oil on linen, 168 x 79 cm (66.14 x 31.1 in.)
vocho libre, 2017; oil on linen, 94 x 127 cm (37 x 50 in.)
tonight is what is means to be young, 2017; oil on linen, 80 x 127 cm (31.5 x 50 in.)
ana segovia. i’ve been meaning to tell you #1, 2023
A selection of his most recent solo shows include: Meditations in an Emergency, Paris 16, Mexico City (2024); Paisajes, Galería Karen Huber, Mexico City (2022); Boys Ranch, PAOS, Guadalajara, Mexico (2021); Can’t Sleep with the Man who Dims My Shine, MONTI8, Latina, Italy (2021); Pos’ se acabó este cantar, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City (2021); La Faena, Museo Taurino y Cantina, Mexico City (2020); Toy Boy, Galería Karen Huber, Mexico City (2019); It’s not what it looks like, FUEGO, Mexico City (2018); Boys and Boots, LTD, LA (2017); and A Boy Named Sue, Galería Karen Huber, Mexico City (2017).
His work has also been included in numerous group exhibitions such as: Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, 60th Biennale di Venezia (2024); Sintonías inestables: repensando la contemporaneidad pictórica, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Mexico (2024); Cowboy, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, CO (2023);Who Tells a Tale Adds a Tail, Denver Art Museum, CO (2022); Juventud en Éxtasis, Bikini Wax, Mexico City (2022); Para Morelio, PEANA, Monterrey, Mexico (2021); Normal Exceptions: Contemporary Art in Mexico, Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2021); Otrxs mundxs, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, (2020); Building Narratives, MONTI8, Latina, Italy (2020); Them, Galerie Perrotin, New York, NY (2019); Everyday Muse, LTD, Los Angeles, CA (2018); I am Not Bird, LTD, Los Angeles, CA (2018); In the Company of Flowers, Galería Kruger, Chicago, IL (2016); Gallery SAIC Sullivan, Chicago, IL (2016); and Advanced Pain, Cry Baby Gallery, Chicago, IL (2015).
