Celebrate the Day of the Dead with the works of over 90 artists of Mexican descent from both sides of the border. Thirteen ofrendas and installations were created to remember distinguished artists and members of the community alike. Folk art, painting, and sculpture along with a Monumental Huaquechula Altar from the state of Puebla. In addition, this year we featured the painting tradition of the Death Child or the little angels’ ritual that has its roots in Colonial Mexico.

La Muerte Niña: Day of the Dead exhibition was dedicated to the 43 missing students from the Ayotzinapa, Guerrero high school, missing since September 26, 2014.

Participating Artists

Eduardo A. Treviño (Chicago), Ray Abeyta (NM-NY, 1956-2015), Jesús Acuña (Chicago), José Antonio Aguilar (Chicago, 1936-1998), Miguel Aguilar (Chicago), Claudia Álvarez (NY), Esau Andrade (CA), Raymundo Andrade (Nayarit), José Agustín Andreu (Chicago), Rene H. Arceo (Chicago), Carlos Barberena (Chicago), Arturo Barrera (Chicago), Héctor Barrón (Chicago), Carmen Bordes (Jalisco), Rocio Caballero (Mexico City), Antonio Felipe Calendaria (Michoacán), Alfonso Castillo Orta (Puebla), Javier Chavira (IN), José “CHema Skandal!” Nieto (Chicago), Elena Climent (NY), Carlos Cortéz (Chicago, 1923–2005), Alma Domínguez (Chicago), Marcos Dorado (CA), Hector Duarte (Chicago), César Durantón (Mexico City), José Esquivel (TX), Arturo García (NY), Rupert Garcia (CA), Cecilia Gómez Lauría (Chicago), Pat Gomez (CA), Sergio Gómez (Chicago), Mario “Zore”Gonzalez Jr. (Chicago), Ricardo Gonzalez (Chicago), Judithe Hernández (CA), Ricardo Santos Hernández (Chicago), Paulina Jaimes (Mexico City), Salvador Jiménez (Chicago), Allan Koss (Chicago), Sotero Lemus Gervacio (State of Mexico), Analú María López (Chicago), Marty Lord (MT), Jesús Macarena (Chicago), Oscar Magallanes (CA), Rosanna Mark-Andreu (Chicago), Naomi “Monstrochika” Martinez (Chicago), Roxana Josefina Martínez (CA), Victoria Martínez (Chicago), Lucía Maya (Jalisco), Yvette Mayorga (Chicago), Camilo Medina (Guanajuato, ?-1949), Michael Menchaca (TX), Elsa Muñoz (Chicago), Ann Murdy (NM), Mark Nelson (Chicago), Pedro J. Palacios (Chicago), Ignacio Peralta Soledad (Puebla), Joseph “Sentrock” Pérez (Chicago), Esperanza Portilla Zamora (Mexico City), Esther E. Ramirez (Chicago), Ramírez Family (Puebla), Héctor Javier Ramírez (Jalisco), Diego Marcial Rios (CA), Alejandro Rivera Leal (Guanajuato), Juan Carlos Rodríguez (IN), Ricardo Ruiz (TX), Alejandra Sánchez Orvañanos (Mexico City), Manuel Sandoval (Jalisco), Diana Solís (Chicago), Gloria “Glo” Talamantes (Chicago), Maria Tomasula (IN), Thelma Uranga (Chicago), Robert Valadez (Chicago), Salvador Vega (Chicago), Angelina Villanueva (Chicago), and several anonymous artists

Ofrendas & Installations

José Antonio Cazabal Castro and Silverio Feliciano Reyes Sarmiento (Huaquechula, Puebla), Alfonso “Piloto” Nieves (Chicago), Zeke Peña & Richard Montoya assisted by Ernesto Yerena Montejano, BECCA, Sonia Romero & the Familia Duardo (California), Jorge Luca (Guadalajara/Uruguay), Luis Tapia and Carmella Padilla (NM), Hugo Crosthwaite assisted by Theresa Magario (Baja California), Al Rendon & Henry M. DeLeon (TX), David Pesqueira assisted by Mark Ernst (Chicago), Juan Javier & Gabrielle Pescador (MI), Arturo Zendejas, Diane H. Zendejas, Veronica Z. Whitaker, Marisa Martens and Irene C. Hernandez Middle School (Chicago), Carmen Velásquez & María Elena Hanson (Chicago), Eleazar Delgado assisted by Jeff Maldonado, MariCarmen Moreno, Robert Valadez and Rosie Campanita Torres (Chicago), and Eduardo Alvarado (Chicago)

Curator

Dolores Mercado

Organizing Institution

National Museum of Mexican Art

Displayed at

National Museum of Mexican Art Main Gallery