Carlos Vivar

Reina de Castillos

Born in Mexico City
Lives and works in Queretaro, Mexico

Carlos Vivar’s work reflects a strange combination of passion and sweetness, fiction and symbolism on sands and mixtures of colors in different textures full of emotion. They are works that captivate. His creations are mature with a festive flavor.
Vivar is a self-taught painter and sculptor.
At the age of 12 he began to paint in a self-taught way. Later he began his studies in Graphic Design at the Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City. From 1985 to 1987 he lived in Europe where he studied a master’s degree in Computer Science, working to pay for his studies. He returned to Mexico as director of an advertising agency.
He has participated in more than 50 group exhibitions and 100 solo exhibitions in galleries, museums and cultural centers in Mexico, United States, Switzerland, Sweden, China, Italy, England, Brussels, Luxembourg, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Costa Rica, etc…. In 2013 he presented in New York City, his first book entitled Carlos Vivar, The Mexican Painter.
1987 Master’s degree in computer science 1985 Graphic Design at the Universidad Anáhuac, CDMX Mexico
2025 Presentation of his book “Vivar 30 years”
Museo Queretaro . MAQRO
Aura Galerias
Spain, YLK Gallery, Belgium – Mexican Embassy.

2013 Presentation of his first book titled Carlos Vivar, The Mexican painter.
New York, USA
2014
Aura Galerías, Mexico State
Hospital ABC, Mexico State
Museo de Antropología, Mexico City
Cajas Mágicas, Mexico City
Grupo de los 16, Mexico City
AAMI, Mexico City
Lotería Nacional, Mexico City
2013
Museo de Antropología, Mexico City
Subasta de Oso Fredo, Mexico City
Cajas Mágicas, Mexico City
Grupo de los 16, Mexico City
AMMI, Mexico City
Aura Galerías, Mexico City
2012
Museo Soumaya, Fundación TAM, Mexico City
Museo José Luis Cuevas, Máscaras de Aliento, Mexico City
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico Vivo, Mexico City
Club de Golf Los Encinos, Mexico State
Fundación AMMI, Mexico City
Galería Oscar Román, Mexico City
Museo de Antropología e Historia, Mexico City
2011
Club de Golf Bosques, Mexico City
Museo de Antropología, Mexico City
Club de Golf Bosque Real, Mexico City
Galería Espacio, Morges, Suiza
Grupo de los 16
AAMI, Mexico City
World Tour, Londres, Inglaterra
Bruselas, Bélgica, EtniaLuxemburgo, Etnia
2010
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
Fundación AAMI, Mexico City
2009
Museo de Antropología e Historia, Mexico City
Galería Oscar Román, Mexico City
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico Vivo, Mexico City
Galería Art Forum, Mexico City
Galería Casa Marva, Puebla
Feria de Arte de Bruselas, Bélgica
Aura Galerías, Mexico City
Galería Casa Diana, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Galería Barbabosa, Florencia, Italia
2008
Banco IXE, Mexico CityExpo Reforma Sabritas, Mexico City
Subasta Galería Oscar Román, Mexico City
Subasta Club de Industriales, Mexico City
Expo Caleidoscopio, Bruselas, Bélgica
Fundación AAMI, Mexico City
Galería Oscar Román, Mexico City
Aura Galerías, Mexico City
2007
The Reforma Athletic Club, Mexico State
Aura Galerías, Mexico City
Subasta Embajada de Inglaterra, Mexico City
Subasta López Morton, Mexico City
Hotel Camino Real, Mexico City
Expo Privada La Herradura, Mexico City
2004
The Reforma Athletic Club, Mexico State
2003
Colegio Americano, Mexico City
2000
Ruth’s Chris, Mexico City
2025
Presentation of his book “Vivar 30 years”
Museo Queretaro . MAQRO
Aura Galerias
Spain, YLK Gallery, Belgium – Mexican Embassy.

2013
Presentation of his first book titled Carlos Vivar, The Mexican painter. New York, USA