Born in December 1960 and raised in Mexico City, Alberto Saucedo began his career as a self-taught artist, showing notable talent and passion for art from a very young age. At seventeen, he enrolled at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and later attended San Diego City College, where he focused on commercial and interior design. It was there that he gravitated more toward the visual arts and discovered his true passion.
In 1983, he returned to Mexico City, where he developed his personal and unique style under the influence of Latin American sculpture by Francisco Zúñiga and the monumental sculptural work of Fernando Botero. During this time, he had the opportunity to meet both renowned masters of the visual arts and maintained a close relationship with Zúñiga, benefiting from his personal guidance. He also drew inspiration from the dynamic spatial interplay found in the monumental masterpieces of Henry Moore. In this way, sculpture became an essential part of Saucedo’s work, and at a young age he achieved his first significant recognition in this field.
In visual art, Alberto Saucedo is influenced by the freedom of Pablo Picasso, the optical art of Victor Vasarely, and the classicism of Michelangelo, blending these elements in a distinctive way with the colors and graffiti of Mexico City and other places. In painting, unlike in sculpture, he creates a collage of ideas and emotions that lead the viewer to question the interrelationship between matter, spirit, and the cosmos.
Saucedo’s training includes extensive study of art history, incorporating sensual, spiritual, and classical influences, transforming them into a style that is reflected throughout his work and defines him as a versatile and multifaceted artist. His work spans metal, marble, granite, painting, graphic art, and a variety of other materials.
Exposiciones
● 1985 – Feria de Artes y Oficios, Ciudad de México
● 1985 – Exposición individual en Casa Pedro Domeq, Ciudad de México
● 1988 – 1989 Una Noche de Arte, Ciudad de México
● 1995 – Exposición individual en Galería Dagen Bela, San Antonio, TX ● 1996 – Introspecciones (Canal 60 KVDA), San Antonio, TX
● 1996 – Dos Artistas de México, Galería Sol y Luna, San Antonio, TX
● 1996 – Expo-Formalidades, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de
México
● 1998 – Jamboree, Art League Museum, San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
2018 – Exposición Colectiva, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Comisiones
● 1996 – Mural “Humanidad y su Cosmos”, San Antonio, TX
● 1999 – Escultura de bronce en tamaño real de la Virgen de Guadalupe y San Juan
Diego en el Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, TX
● 2005 – 21 Placas para el Guerra Mexicana-Estadounidense (1847), Port Isabel, TX
● 2006 – Encargo de una fuente bautismal de granito para St. John’s Catholic Church,
Spring Branch, TX
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● 2006 – Comisión de más de veinte relieves en bronce representando los generales de
la guerra de México y Estados Unidos
● 2006–2008 – Placas originales en aluminio para la Academia de la Fuerza Aérea de EE.
UU. (USAF Academy), CO
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● 2006-2014 – Trabaja con la compañía Southwell y esculpe más de 200 relieves.
● 2007 – Escultura de mariposa de granito de 7 pies para Our Lady of the Rosary
Cemetery, Georgetown, TX
● 2008 – Murales para el restaurante “El Chaparral”, San Antonio, TX
2011 – Comisión de placa original en bronce para la agencia CSS (Central Security
Service) de los Estados Unidos
2014- Comisión de placa original en bronce para la agencia JIO (Join Information
Operation Warfare Command) de los Estados Unidos
Algunas publicaciones
● Contemporary Chicano and Art, Vol.2, Bilingual Press, Arizona State University, 2002
● Triumph of Our Communities. Four Decades of Mexican American Art, Bilingual Press,
Arizona State University, 2005
● 1985 – Prepara Muestra Alberto Saucedo, Excélsior, México
● 1989 – Revista Impacto, “Alberto Saucedo escultor de talante prehispánico”
● 1994 – Southwest Art Magazine, abril
● 1996 – Architectural Digest, abril, p. 204; también en Letters, agosto de 1996
● 1996 – Mural’s Wedding, San Antonio Express News
● 1999 – Oblate Virgin Winning Awards, San Antonio Express News
● 2004 – The Hill Country Edge: Art on the Edge Alberto Saucedo, octubre-diciembre
● 2007 – Explore Magazine, “Alberto Saucedo: un maestro en muchos medios”, octubre
● 2008 – The Sun Newspaper, “Wildflower Wonderlands Butterfly Granite Sculpture”, abril