Diana Salazar

Diana Eliza Salazar Mendez (born 1972) is a Mexican artist, whose career has been split between production and teaching since 1995. She has worked primarily in painting, but also in photography, printing and ceramics. Her work has been recognized with membership into Mexico's Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte as well as grants and awards.

Life and education

Diana Salazar was born in Mexico City in 1972. She began her art studies at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (today the Facultad de Artes y Diseño) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, earning her Bachelor's in 1994 and her master's degree in Art History at UNAM in 1999. As an undergraduate, she specialised in painting, photography and gravure printing. Her Masters thesis was “De la foto a la pintura, Influencias de la visión fotográfica en la mirada pictórica.” These studies were supported by the Jóvenes Creadores scholarships she received in 1995-1996 and 2000-2001, along with one from the UNAM Foundation.

Career Salazar's career has been divided between painting and teaching, which she considers “jealous” disciplines, but that they also enrich each other.

Her artistic work has been recognized with membership in the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte of CONACULTA (2012-2015),

Recognised art critics like Jaime Moreno Villareal, Teresa del Conde, Avelina Lésper, Elia Espinosa, Mariano Rivera Velázquez and Francisco Castro Leñero have written about her work.