ana segovia
1991, Mexico City
Ana Segovia produces images through paintings that subvert the heteronormativity of popular imaginaries. The artist revisits mythical scenes and figures from industries like film and sports, reconfiguring their hegemonic role as idealized models of masculinity. An intimate connection to cinema constantly inspires and drives him to transgress norms. Segovia takes familiar images from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and the Western genre, intervening in their forms, altering their tonalities, and dislocating them. It’s in this disruption where he reveals the montage, artifice, and the performativity in constructing gender and national identities.
Segovia's paintings confront viewers with undefined faces, strident color palettes, and scenes infused with humor that juxtaposes the serious. His work positions playfulness as a political tool, challenging and creating tensions in a dialogue between the norm and the unconventional. Segovia rewrites our visual models, inviting us to reconsider them, and offers the possibility of encountering the familiar from a perspective that questions and blurs its contours.
Ana Segovia received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), specializing in painting and drawing. In spring 2020, he participated in the Casa Wabi Residency, Puerto Escondido, Mexico.
Segovia lives and works in Mexico City.
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apparently the iron doesn't burn more than the surface III, 2026
oil on linen canvas
110 x 90 cm (43 1/4 x 35 3/8 in.)
ana segovia
untitled, 2026
triptych. oil on linen canvas
each size: 70 x 200 cm (27 1/2 x 78 3/4 in.)
ana segovia
apparently the iron doesn't burn more than the surface I, 2026
oil on linen canvas
110 x 90 cm (43 1/4 x 35 3/8 in.)
ana segovia
04:30, 2025
oil on canvas
200 x 300 cm (78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in.)
ana segovia
those baggy pants are called bombachas, 2026
oil on linen canvas
200 x 150 cm (78 3/4 x 59 in.)
ana segovia
monarchs of the grasslands, 2025
oil on canvas
200 x 300 cm (78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in.)
ana segovia
gambola (uruguay), 2026
video digital set of 8 drawings. charcoal on paper (2025)
each size 30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
15 min 29 sec
ana segovia
gambola (uruguay), 2026
video digital set of 8 drawings. charcoal on paper (2025)
each size 30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
15 min 29 sec
ana segovia
gambola (uruguay), 2026
video digital set of 8 drawings. charcoal on paper (2025)
each size 30 x 40 cm (11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
15 min 29 sec
ana segovia
ramon chewing sunflower seeds, 2025
oil on linen
152.4 x 203.2 x 80 cm (60 x 80 x 31 1/2 in.)
ana segovia
ramon stretching his arms, 2025
oil on linen
140 x 100 cm (55 1/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
ana segovia
ramon throwing a stick, 2025
oil on canvas
130 x 180 cm (51 1/8 x 70 7/8 in.)
ana segovia
composition vi, 2024
oil on linen 40 x 30 cm (15 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
ana segovia
composition vii, 2024
oil on linen
47 x 62 cm (18 1/2 x 24 3/8 in.)
ana segovia
composition xiii, 2024
oil on linen
37 x 50 cm (14 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
ana segovia
aunque me espine la mano, 2021
digital video
5 min 35 sec
ana segovia
aunque me espine la mano, 2021
digital video
5 min 35 sec
ana segovia
aunque me espine la mano, 2021
digital video
5 min 35 sec
ana segovia
my eyes are squinting, 2023
oil on linen
53 x 38 cm (20 7/8 x 15 in.)
ana segovia
noche americana II, 2023
oil on canvas
140 x 200 cm (55 1/8 x 78 3/4 in.)
ana segovia
my eyes are wet, 2023
oil on linen
53 x 38 cm (20 7/8 x 15 in.)
installation view of ana segovia: the office of inter-american affairs presents, new york, 2026. photo: zach hyman
installation view of ana segovia: the office of inter-american affairs presents, new york, 2026. photo: zach hyman
installation view of ana segovia: the office of inter-american affairs presents, new york, 2026. photo: zach hyman
installation view of ana segovia: the office of inter-american affairs presents: uruguay, fundación cervieri monsuárez, departamento de maldonado 2026. photo: alvaro zinno
installation view of ana segovia: the office of inter-american affairs presents: uruguay, fundación cervieri monsuárez, departamento de maldonado 2026. photo: alvaro zinno
installation view of ana segovia: the office of inter-american affairs presents: uruguay, fundación cervieri monsuárez, departamento de maldonado 2026. photo: alvaro zinno
installation view of ana segovia: museo jumex in residence (part 2), south london gallery, london, 2025. photo: rob harri
installation view of ana segovia: museo jumex in residence (part 2), south london gallery, london, 2025. photo: rob harri
installation view of ana segovia: museo jumex in residence (part 2), south london gallery, london, 2025. photo: rob harri
installation view ana segovia: me duelen los ojos de mirar sin verte, centro de creación contemporánea de andalucía, 2025. photo: rafael carmona
installation view ana segovia: me duelen los ojos de mirar sin verte, centro de creación contemporánea de andalucía, 2025. photo: rafael carmona
installation view ana segovia: me duelen los ojos de mirar sin verte, centro de creación contemporánea de andalucía, 2025. photo: rafael carmona
installation view of ana segovia in foreigners everywhere, 60th venice biennale, 2024. photo: andrea avezzù
installation view of ana segovia in foreigners everywhere, 60th venice biennale, 2024. photo: andrea avezzù
installation view of ana segovia in foreigners everywhere, 60th venice biennale, 2024. photo: andrea avezzù
installation view of moca focus: ana segovia, the museum of contemporary art (moca), los angeles, 2024. courtesy of the museum of contemporary art (moca). photo: jeff mclane
installation view of moca focus: ana segovia, the museum of contemporary art (moca), los angeles, 2024. courtesy of the museum of contemporary art (moca). photo: jeff mclane
installation view of moca focus: ana segovia, the museum of contemporary art (moca), los angeles, 2024. courtesy of the museum of contemporary art (moca). photo: jeff mclane
installation view of ana segovia: pos’ se acabó este cantar, museo de arte carrillo gil, mexico city, 2021.
installation view of ana segovia: pos’ se acabó este cantar, museo de arte carrillo gil, mexico city, 2021.
installation view of ana segovia: pos’ se acabó este cantar, museo de arte carrillo gil, mexico city, 2021.
installation view of ana segovia: la faena, la faena museo taurino, mexico city, 2020.
installation view of ana segovia: la faena, la faena museo taurino, mexico city, 2020.
installation view of ana segovia: la faena, la faena museo taurino, mexico city, 2020.
A selection of his solo shows include: The Office of Inter-American Affairs Presents: kurimanzutto, New York (2026); The Office of Inter-American Affairs Presents: Uruguay, Fundación Cervieri Monsuárez, José Ignacio, Uruguay (2026);Me duelen los ojos de mirar sin verte, Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía (C3A), Córdoba, Spain (2025); Notes on Cruising, Centro Cultural Juan Beckman Gallardo, Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico (2024); I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles (2024); Meditations in an Emergency, Paris 16, Mexico City (2024); Paisajes, Galería Karen Huber, Mexico City (2022); Boys Ranch, PAOS, Guadalajara, Mexico (2021); Can’t Sleep with the Man who Dims My Shine, MONTI8, Latina, Italy (2021); Pos’ se acabó este cantar, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City (2021); La Faena, La Faena, Mexico City (2020); Toy Boy, Galería Karen Huber, Mexico City (2019); It’s Not What it Looks Like, FUEGO, Mexico City (2018); Boys and Boots, LTD, Los Angeles (2017); A Boy Named Sue, Galería Karen Huber, Mexico City (2017), among others.
His work has also been included in numerous group exhibitions such as: MUSEO JUMEX IN RESIDENCE (PART 2), South London Gallery (2025); Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, 60th Biennale di Venezia (2024); Sintonías inestables: repensando la contemporaneidad pictórica, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Mexico (2024); Cowboy, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (2023); Who Tells a Tale Adds a Tail, Denver Art Museum, Colorado (2022); Juventud en Éxtasis, Bikini Wax, Mexico City (2022); Para Morelio, PEANA, Monterrey, Mexico (2021); Normal Exceptions: Contemporary Art in Mexico, Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2021); Otrxs mundxs, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2020); Building Narratives, MONTI8, Latina, Italy (2020); Them, Galerie Perrotin, New York (2019); Everyday Muse, LTD, Los Angeles (2018); I am Not Bird, LTD, Los Angeles, (2018); In the Company of Flowers, Kruger Gallery, Chicago (2016); Advanced Pain, Cry Baby Gallery, Chicago (2015), among others.
Segovia’s works are part of the following institutional collections: The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark; Denver Art Museum; Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM); and Alumnos 47, Mexico City.
