Laureana Toledo

Laureana Toledo (born 1970) is a Mexican conceptual artist. She has had solo exhibitions at Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo and at Museo Jumex in Mexico City. A work of Toledo's outdoor sculpture is included in the permanent collections of the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, and the Brooklyn Museum in New York.

Early life Toledo was born in Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico in 1970. She is the daughter of Mexican artist Francisco Toledo. From January to March 2009, she was an artist in residence at Gasworks, a contemporary art organisation in South London, UK.

According to a SOMA Summer artist-in-residence description,Laureana is inspired by the imperceptible or transient moments of the everyday, speculating on how such phenomena can gain new forms of visual presentation. Her work often involves systematic and repetitive interventions into different media (texts, books, photographs, paintings, etc.) to re-code their existing narratives. In 2019, Toledo exhibited an installation at Museo Jumex in Mexico City. She selected books, records and films from Mick Jones (of the Clash)'s private collection.

Personal life Toledo lives and works in Mexico City.

Publications Laureana Toledo peripheral vision, 1997–2000. Guadalajara, México: Museo de las Artes, 2001. In English and Spanish. Paan. Mexico: Diamantina Conaculta, 2006. . Exhibition catalogue. In Spanish. The Limit. London: Trolley, 2009. . The waste land. Mexico. 2023

Awards and honors A mid-career award from the Cisneros Fontanls Art Foundation 2004: International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) residency, New York City

Group exhibitions Strategic Questions, , Berlin, 2005 Declaraciones 2, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2005 Nombres propios, Caja Negra gallery at art fair, Madrid, 2008 Abstract Cabinet, in collaboration with John Taylor (of Duran Duran), Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK, September–November 2009. Included their Correspondencia. Yes, Trolley Gallery, London, March–April 2010

Collections Toledo's work is held in the following permanent collections: Jardín Escultórico of the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City – a work of outdoor sculpture Brooklyn Museum, New York – a work of outdoor sculpture