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Floria González was born in Monterrey on July 20th, 1980. She moved to Acuña Coahuila in 1983, eventually moving to Mexico City at 16 where she currently lives and works.
Floria’s dreamlike, cinematic scenes explore alternate realities and hidden layers of the psyche. Using photography, video, installation, performance, and painting, Floria maintains a constant dialogue between fantasy and imagination, excavating forms and scenes that reconstruct her own identity through memories and experiences.
Floria has exhibited work in Mexico City, Monterrey, New York, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Berlin, Italy, Hong Kong, London, and Singapore.
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[…] Floria Gonzalez has a show, Mixtape, it JO-HS until November 25. The collection of paintings informs the title, with each one titled after a different song. Some are old songs, others came out while she was creating the work. And while sometimes the song inspired the work, other times Gonzalez went in search of a song that would fit a completed piece. Born in the 1980s, she was inspired by the mixtapes that were, in her words, “a form of communication” during that time. To learn more, listen to the complete interview. […]