MULTIDISCIPLINARY VISUAL ARTIST | Spain
LILIA LUJAN
Born in 1965
About the creator
- Lilia Luján is a Mexican contemporary artist whose practice is rooted in intuition, experimentation, and emotional depth. After pausing a ten-year career in advertising in 1995, she traveled to Europe with the intention of dedicating one year to art, a journey that ultimately lasted twelve transformative years. Immersed in diverse cultures, artistic movements, and materials, she produced and exhibited paintings, murals, alternative sculptures, installations, visual poetry, and textile works across multiple countries, with expressionist figuration, color, and materiality as a unifying thread. Returning to Mexico in 2007, Luján reconnected deeply with her roots, developing a timeless personal language defined by strong visual codes, textures, iconography, and vibrant color, creating works that resonate emotionally across cultures. Her practice expanded through teaching and social engagement, leading art and mural workshops for children and women in vulnerable situations, and directing more than 35 murals focused on UNESCO themes such as peace, identity, and environmental awareness. In recent years, her work has evolved to include large-format minimalist paintings, highly textural mixed-media series, alternative sculpture inspired by urban architecture, and committed digital art addressing urgent global issues, including human rights, climate change, conflict, diversity, and inclusion. Actively participating in international exhibitions, biennials, and symposia, Luján views art as a powerful tool for social conscience and transformation. She is currently preparing a series of international traveling exhibitions for 2025–2026 to mark 30 years of artistic practice, alongside the presentation of her books Art and Social Conscience: A Contemporary Vision of Committed Art and Luján, 30: A Special 30th Anniversary Edition, reaffirming her belief in art as a cathartic, human, and transformative act.
Exhibitions
Luján has participated in more than 400 national and international exhibitions, biennials, and symposia. Her work has been presented across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas, including events in Dubai, Finland, China, Spain, Korea, Serbia, Morocco, the United States, and Latin America. Alongside group exhibitions, she has produced murals, installations, and collaborative projects in public and cultural spaces internationally.
Awards
She received international recognition with the Hassan II Mosque Award in 2024 (Morocco). Other distinctions include first place in the book graphics illustration category at St. Petersburg Art Week 2021, the Social Art Award 2021 in Berlin, and a special award from the International Competition “Art for a New Culture of Non-Violent Peace” in Serbia. She also served as Ambassador of Mexico at Art Connects Women 2023 in Dubai.
Artistic Style
Luján’s work combines expressionist figuration, strong color, texture, and symbolic visual language. She moves between painting, alternative sculpture, minimalist murals, textile works, and digital art. Her themes often address identity, peace, human rights, environmental awareness, diversity, and social responsibility. Her practice balances emotional expression with material exploration and cultural references.
Additional Information
Originally self-taught, Luján left a ten-year career in advertising in 1995 to dedicate herself fully to art, spending twelve formative years in Europe before returning to Mexico and later settling in Spain. She has directed more than 35 thematic murals connected to UNESCO values and led workshops with children and vulnerable communities. Her works are held in museum and institutional collections in Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Colombia, China, the United States, and Mexico. She has published several books on contemporary art and social consciousness and regularly collaborates with cultural and design publications. She is currently preparing international traveling exhibitions marking 30 years of artistic practice.
Masterpieces by LILIA LUJAN
