Raymundo Sesma Biography
Raymundo Sesma is a multidisciplinary artist born in Mexico in 1954. Since 1980, he has lived and worked between Milan and Mexico, dedicating himself to the creation of works of art that range across different artistic disciplines. Sesma has obtained numerous national and international scholarships, as well as a vast series of awards for his artistic activity. He has exhibited in hundreds of solo exhibitions around the world, including Meditative, 1989-2003 at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, Cause and Effect at the Nina Menocal Gallery in Mexico City in 2004, and Developing a Social Architecture Project at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague in 2005.
In 2007, Sesma created a site-specific intervention at the Balelatina event in Basel, Switzerland, with his work Expanded Field VII. In 2008, he participated in the third International Artist's Book Biennial, at the Alexandrina Library in Alexandria, Egypt. Sesma has also exhibited in important museums and art galleries around the world, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris, the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, and the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City.
Sesma participated in the Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition twice: in 1986 and 1993. In 2007, he obtained the Honor Award from the American Institute of Architecture for his work Expanded Field VIII, exhibited in the city of Albuquerque , New York, United States. Sesma has participated in numerous other important artistic events, including the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Havana Biennial, and the Détournement Venezia 2010, 2nd edition, at the Certosa Islands of Venice.
