Mario Santizo, 1984. (Zaragoza, Chimaltenango) Studied at the Rafael Rodríguez Padilla National School of the Plastic Arts.
Have been an art teacher in different public institutions in Guatemala.
Founding member of the TEG (Taller Experimental de Gráfica of Guatemala) and
member of TRAMA (a non profit art gallery for the support of emerging artists of Guatemala) from 2007 to 2017.

Currently head coordinator of the space for non-conventional art exhibitions RIVAL and El Sobrante where young Guatemalan
artist talk and recibe guidance for their projects.
Participated in several collective and individual exhibitions in Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Spain, France, Switzerland and Italy.


Solo Exhibitions

2019
Maybe your battle would be hard, Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Guatemala city.

2018 Run for your life, Casa Municipal, Guatemala City.

The real state of things, “Paseo de la Sexta” Festival, Guatemala City.

The sun is a hammer, Prometeo Gallery di Ida Pisani, Milan, Italy.

2017 33, TRAMA Gallery, Guatemala.

2016 The key to your life, Espacio alternativo, Guatemala City.

2015 Strong love ties / The expresidents are surfers, Sotano 1, Guatemala City.

2013 The vengeance, LA ERRE, Guatemala city.

2012 Children should be holding mom's hand, LEA (Laboratorio Experimental de arte) Totonicapan, Guatemala City.

The burial, MARTE (Museo de arte contemporáneo de San Salvador) San Salvador, El Salvador.

2011 Children should be holding mom's hand, Palacio Tecleño, El Salvador.

2010 Children should be holding dad's hand, Carlos Woods Gallery, Guatemala City.

2007 Boxes, The Attico Galery, Guatemala City.

Group Exhibitions

2019
Demons in a line, Prometeo Gallery di Ida Pisani, Milán Italia.

2018 Tercera Bienal Internacional de Videoarte y animación Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.

2017
Watch the Line While Crossing, Prometeo Gallery di Ida Pisani, Lucca, Italy.

Acts of Aggression: An Exhibition about Community, SMU's Pollock Gallery, Dallas, Texas, UE.

Saq – Q’eq (Blanco - Negro), Centro de Investigación Científica y Cultural, Sololá, Guatemala.

33, 32nd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Slovenia, july-october 2017.

TEGG 10 años, Centro Cultural de españa, Guatemala city.

2016 Moon Museum, Concepción 41, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala.

Dependence / independence, Sol del río, Guatemala City.

2015 The interrupted dream, Centro Municipal de Arte y Cultura + G&T fundation, Guatemala City.

2014 In His Own Likeness, Art center/ south Florida, Miami Florida.

Photopia, Proyecto Alternativo, Guatemala City.

Moon museum, SOMA Cultural center, Guatemala City

XIX bienal of Art Paiz, Guatemala City.

2013 Cromofagia, Sol del Río, Guatemala City.

Solutions for a better life, MARTE (Museo de Arte de El Salvador), San Salvador, El Salvador.

1 2 3 4, Sotano 1, Guatemala City.

Art 12, Sol del Río Galery, Guatemala City.

2012 So leave, during the festival Abzurdo, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala City.

vitamin D, Centro Cultural de España, El Salvador.

Diagonal Graphic, La trampa, Mexico DF.

The taking, Antiguo Cine Lux, Guatemala City.

Transitory, Transverso, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Legitimate scenarios, Alianza Francesa, Guatemala City.

Record 5 #, Galería Sol del Río, Guatemala City.

Men among ruins, Teoretica, San José, Costa Rica.

2011 Head of vein, Galeria 123, El Salvador.

Weisses blatt, Zurich, Switzerland.

Blank page, Arte Centro, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala.

It scares me but I like it, Diablo Rosso, Panama City.

A friend of the devil is a friend of mine, Diablo Rosso, Panama City.

2010 Without complex, Centro Cultural de España, El Salvador.

XVII Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala.

2009 First anniversary, Taller Experimental de Gráfica de Guatemala, Guatemala City.

Incomplete Project, Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española en Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala City.

La rendición, X Bienal de Cuenca Ecuador, Cuenca, Ecuador.

2008 Cabal, y Homenaje a Ramírez Amaya, Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Guatemala City.

Second National Salon of print making, Guatemala, Guatemala City.

Diálogos Horizontales, Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Guatemala City.

Masculino Femenino, Centro Cultural de España, Guatemala City.

XVI Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala City.

2007 Boxes, Galería El Attico, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala City.

Juannio, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, Guatemala City.

18/1, Galería El Attico, Guatemala City.

2006 Juannio, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, Guatemala City.

2005 The baroque father and the phlegmatic band man, Casa de Cultura del Instituto Guatemalteco Americano (IGA), Guatemala City.

2004 Shhhh, Centro de Cultura Hispánica, Guatemala City.

2003 Carne, sopa y galletas, Museo de la Universidad de San Carlos -MUSAC-, Guatemala City.