Juchitán, Oaxaca, 1971
B.F.A Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, UNAM, Honorary Mention

Prizes
2000
. Purchase Prize, XX National Meeting of Young Art, Aguascalientes, México.
. Purchase Prize, I National Biennial of Illustration "Rufino Tamayo", Oaxaca, México.
1997
. Unique Prize, Latin American Engraving Contest "La Joven Estampa", Casa de las Américas, La Habana, Cuba.
1994
. Purchase Prize, II National Engraving Contest "José Guadalupe Posada", Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Distinctions and recognitions
1998
. Honourable mention, VI National Engraving Contest "José Guadalupe Posada", Aguascalientes, Mexico.
. Honourable mention, VII National Biennal of Engraving and Drawing "Diego Rivera", Museo del Pueblo de Guanajuato, Mexico.
1997
. Honourable mention, IV International Biennal de Engraving "Bharat Bhavan", Bhopal, India.
1996
. Mention of excellence, National Youth Prize, Mexico City.
1995
. Recognition for artistic creation and promotion of culture, Mexico City
1993
. Honourable mention, IV Annual Show of Mini-Illustration, Mexico City.

Grants and residencies
2006
. Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, U.S.A. Personal and professional expenses for one year.
2004
. University of Essex and London Print Studio, England. One month residency. Visiting Arts and Arts Council England.
2002
. Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France. One year residency. French Government Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mexican Secretariat of Exterior Relations.
1999
Vermont Studio Center, USA. One month residency. Mex-Am Cultural Foundation.

Individual exhibitions
2006
. Arena México, Galería Olido de São Paulo, Brasil.
. Match Dual Presence, Fisher Gallery, Los Angeles & UABC-CECUT Gallery, Tijuana.
2005
. Defensa Propia, Drexel Galeria, Monterry, Mexico.
2005 - 2006
. Arena México, 14-month travelling exhibition through Central and South America, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, including Biennal de Venecia, Bogota, Colombia and Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro.
2004
. Arena México, University of Essex, England.
. Playbol!, Centre de Cultura Casa Lamm, Mexico City.
. Atlas, Abel fur Neue Kunst, Berlín, Germany.
. Lulú, Canvas International Art, Amsterdam, Holland.
. La Afición, Museo Erasto Cortés, Puebla, Mexico.
2003
. Novena, Parque de beisbol "Eduardo Vasconcelos", Oaxaca, México.
2002
. Home Run, Abel fur Neue Kunst, Berlín, Alemania.
. Neuvieme, Cité Internationale des Arts, París, France.
2001
. Monte Alaban, Centro de Culture Casa Lamm, Mexico City.
2000
. Arena Oaxaca, Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca, México.
. Cambio de Piel, Galería Quetzalli, Oaxaca, México.
. Arena México, Museo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City.
1999
. Sedimento, Centro de Cultura Casa Lamm, Mexico City.
1997
. Resistencia Florida, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba.