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