ALBERTO CASTRO LEÑERO (Mexico, 1951). "Durmientes", 2016. Bronze. Signed. Size: 18 x 38 x 15 cm. Alberto Castro Leñero is a renowned Mexican artist who began his artistic education studying visual arts at the San Carlos Academy of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. After completing his education, he moved to Bologna, where he continued his studies at the Accademia delle Belle Arti. He began his exhibition career at the end of the sixties, participating in numerous national and international exhibitions, including the Museo de Arte Moderno de la Ciudad de México, the Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico), the Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte de la UNAM, the Mexican Embassy in Berlin and the Museo de Quito, among many others. During his career, he has also worked as a teacher, being a professor of Visual Experimentation at the National School of Plastic Arts of the UNAM, as well as giving numerous workshops and master classes. His work is defined by an approach to numerous artistic fields, playing with different disciplines such as video, painting and even architecture. Currently his work can be found in numerous private collections and in relevant public spaces, such as the Fomento Cultural Banamex organisation (Mexico), the SMA Contemporary Art Gallery and the Andrés Blaistein Collection Museum.