Joaquin Segura is a visual artist who lives and works in Mexico City. His action, installation, intervention, and photographic work have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Mexico, the USA, Europe, and Asia. Some spaces that have featured his work include Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, La Panaderia, and Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City, along with El Museo del Barrio, Anthology Film Archives, White Box and apexart (New York, NY), LAXART, MoLAA (Los Angeles, CA) Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid, Spain), National Center for Contemporary Art (Moscow, Russia), the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Denver, CO.
His work has been widely reviewed & featured in local and international art publications & significant newspapers such as Artforum, Flash Art, Adbusters, Art Papers, Código, Art Nexus, Discipline, Celeste & The Washington Post, among many others. In 2008/09, Segura was an artist-in-residence at the International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, NY, and the 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA. Between 2012 and 2017, he undertook artistic residencies and research stays at Hangar –Centre de Producció I Recerca d'Arts Visuals (Barcelona, Spain), MeetFactory – International Center of Contemporary Art (Prague, Czech Republic), Impakt Foundation (Utrecht, Netherlands), Casa Wabi (Oaxaca, Mexico) and Seoul Art Space_Geumcheon (Seoul, South Korea). In 2018, he was appointed a fellow to the National System of Artistic Creators / FONCA (Mexico).
His most recent action happened at the 2022 Havana Biennial with the installation titled "What kind of spring is this, where there are no flowers and the air is stale with a miserable aroma?" preceded by his monographic exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Queretaro, Mexico.
He's a founding member and board advisor of SOMA, Mexico City.
