Salvador Díaz was born in Mexico, D.F., on September 18th of 1977. His family lived in the zone, (suburb) of Tlatelolco. Since 1985 he lives and works in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, to where his family moved after the earthquake that affected Mexico City, in that year.

He developed his artistic formation as self-taught, supported by theoretical and practical workshops with recognized masters in the Faculty of Visual Arts at the Autónoma de Nuevo Leon University UANL in 1995-1996 and at the Monterrey Contemporary Art Museum, MARCO. He was part of the Arte Actual Mexicano Gallery from 1997 until 2010.

He is represented by the Fernando Pradilla Gallery since December 2002.

He has exhibited his work in individual and collective shows in Museums, Contemporary Art Fairs and Galleries in Mexico, the United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Germany, Austria, Spain, France, England and Switzerland. In addition to these Countries, he has also traveled to Brazil and Belgium. Salvador was granted the 1998-1999 Conaculta-Fonca Young Creative National Scholarship and the 2002 Conarte-Foneca Young Creators State Scholarship.

Sr. Díaz, also participated in the 5th Monterrey Femsa Biennial. Salvador has taught painting workshops at the UANL Visual Arts Faculty, CEDIM (Centro de Estudios Superiores de Diseño de Monterrey) and MARCO. He is a member of the Council for the Culture and the Arts Council of Nuevo Leon and represented the Visual Arts Guild during the period 2004-2007.

Salvador's works are in public collections including the CGAC Galician Center for Contemporary Art (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea), Santander Museum of Fine Art (Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander), Santiago de Compostela Museum (Museo de Santiago de Compostela), and private collections as well in Monterrey, Mexico City, Puebla, Madrid, Sao Paulo, Bogota, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose (California), Antwerp, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Miami, New York, Toronto, London, Berlin, Breda, Brussels & Paris.

Salvador Díaz stands out in the art world by the unique subject of his work, his impeccable dominion of his pictorial skills as well as a strong critical personality reflected in each one of his art works.

As complement to his artistic education currently Salvador is studying at the Philosophy & Humanity School within the Philosophy and Literature Faculty of the UANL Autónoma de Nuevo Leon University.

English Translation by Rocío Heredia