Mauricio Limón de León’s practice explores ethnological-urban interactions, sexuality, and power dynamics through longterm collaborative research that considers class struggle through the lens of psychoanalysis. Limón de León has been closely in volved with a group of people who inhabit social margins, improvise forms of living, work in public space, and often participate in marginal activities.

In recent years, Limón de León’s work reconciles craft work against the overproduction of utilitarian objects and artifacts. Thus, it interweaves a sense of domesticity and satire throughout an exploration of devices, materials, techniques, and informal economies. His work gives form to this iterative research through different media, including video, performance, painting, and installation.

Limón de León is alumnus from the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, class of 2016 - 2017. He holds a Bachelor in Visual Arts from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, UNAM in Mexico City.

His work has been shown at Museo Universitario del Chopo, Museo Tamayo, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil and Casa del Lago, Mexico City; wildpalms, Dusseldorf; Ellen de Brujine Projects, Amsterdam; Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev; KunstMuseum, Bonn; Y-Gallery, New York; San Francisco Art Institute; Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M), Madrid; Art Rotterdam; Videonale.14, Bonn, among others. In recent years it has been included in public and private collections such as the Graphic Collection Department of the Kunstpalast, the Oehmen Collection, ESPAC, and Alain Servais Collection.

He has curated shows at El cuarto de máquinas, Museo Experimental el Eco and Museo de Historia Natural, Mexico City; Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid.

He was shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize by Victor Pinchuk Foundation, and awarded the Jóvenes Creadores del FONCA grant and the annual grant by Pollock-Krasner Foundation.