Diego Mendoza (b. Mexico City, 1988) is a Dubai-based printmaker and educator. Diego’s printmaking practice focuses on etching and screen printing, exploring representations of masculinity and questioning his own place within it. Through critical inquiries, he investigates human iconography that transcends cultural time, collaging imagery from historical, current, and cross-cultural sources to highlight conventions and conformity.
Diego holds a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar (2014) an MA in Educational Leadership from Framingham State University, USA (2018). Among his recent exhibitions are Press Print!, Aisha Alabbar Gallery, Dubai, UAE (2023); 9 In Hand Press 2023 Print Exchange, Pennsylvania, USA (2023); Authentic Marks 2023, Dubai Design District, Dubai, UAE (2023); and VCUarts Alumni Anniversary Exhibition, Doha, Qatar (2023). Diego has also been working in education for youth since 2015, teaching art history, visual arts, literature and philosophy in Mexico, Indonesia, Tanzania and the UAE. His expertise and interest in knowledge-exchange has led to several printmaking workshops and courses covering a wide range of techniques, from relief printing to RISO printing. He has been working as an Education & Outreach Coordinator at Tashkeel, Dubai since 2021.