Débora Delmar
1986, Mexico City
Débora Delmar (b. 1986, Mexico City, Mexico) lives and works between London, UK and Mexico City, MX. She received a BA with honours from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2011 and completed the Postgraduate degree at the Royal Academy Schools in London in 2019. Delmar’s practice is situated within the realms of conceptual art and institutional critique. Her works are produced by exploring multiple processes such as commissioning, acquiring, loaning or exchanging objects, incorporating these relationships and the systems governing them as a material component of her practice.
Upcoming solo exhibitions include CONSIGNMENT, Anonymous Gallery, New York, 2026; SUPPLY & DEMANDS, Hans Goodrich, Chicago, 2026; and TBT, Antesala, London, 2027. Recent solo exhibitions include ALLIANCE, Friends & Family, Bordeaux, France, 2026; TRUST, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London, 2025; BOUGAINVILLEAS, Koraï, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2025; and LIBERTY & SECURITY, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, 2024. Her work has been included in the 15th Kaunas Biennial: Life After Life, Kaunas, Lithuania, 2025; the 14th FEMSA Biennial Inestimable Azar,2020–2021; the 9th Berlin Biennale curated by dis, 2016; and the Biennial of the Americas, 2015.
She was recently selected as a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (SNCA) in Mexico for the 2026–2029 period. Previous international distinctions include the Stanley Picker Fellowship at Kingston University, London (2022–2025), the Royal Academy of Arts Postgraduate Award granted by Wolfson College, University of Cambridge (2019), and the Red Mansion Art Prize, UK/China (2018). She has received the Museo Jumex Study Abroad Grant (2016–2018) and the Young Creators Grant, FONCA-CONACULTA, México (2012–2013). Recent lectures include Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, 2026; Kingston School of Art, London, 2025; SOMA, Mexico City, 2024; and Städelschule, Frankfurt, 2024.
