ARTIST | MURALIST| PROMOTER
Diana Lizbeth Zuñiga Hernandez
Born in 1999 in Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, where she currently resides, she is a self taught Hñähñu visual artist, muralist, and promoter.
Her artistic practice explores identity, memory, territory and through painting, muralism, and mixed-media techniques, creating dialogue ancestral between knowledge a the of Hñähñu communities and contemporary artistic languages.
Her work is deeply connected to the Mezquital Valley and the ways of life of her community. Through imagery that frequently places Indigenous women as bearers of knowledge, memory, and cultural continuity, she addresses themes of belonging, the transmission of knowledge, and the persistence of tradition in the present.
In her creative process, she incorporates materials and references drawn from the cultural heritage of her region, including ayate fiber cloth, ixtle, palm fiber, yarn, ribbons, and traditional embroidery, integrating them into visual compositions that connect memory, identity, and territory. Her interest in Hñähñu culture also extends to poetry and to initiatives that support the revitalization of the Hñähñu language.
She is the founder of the Global Indigenous Collective, an initiative dedicated to strengthening the visibility of Indigenous art and fostering collaborative networks among artists and artisans. In 2023, through this collective, she participated in the Venice Biennale in Italy as part of an exhibition organized by the European Cultural Centre.
Her artistic trajectory is distinguished by the integration of Hñähñu cultural elements into contemporary visual practices, building bridges between the community knowledge of the Mezquital Valley and national and international artistic spaces.
Art from the Heart of the Valley
Mural Collaboration
2026 • Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia, United States.
2025 • Pueblo Nuevo, Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico.
2023 • European Cultural Centre, Venice, Italy.
2019 • Complejo Cultural Los Pinos, Mexico City, Mexico.
• Tiholop, Yaxcabá, Yucatán, Mexico.
• Tasquillo, Hidalgo, Mexico.
2018 • Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico.
• Cerro Azul, Alfajayucan, Hidalgo, Mexico.
2017 • López Rayón, Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico.
• Del Rio, Texas, United States.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 • Falcon Art Gallery, Del Rio, Texas, United States.
2023 • Falcon Art Gallery, Del Rio, Texas, United States.
2019 • Del Rio Council for the Arts at the Firehouse, Del Rio, Texas, United States.
Group Exhibitions
2026 • Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia, United States.
• Museo de la Cultura Hñähñu, Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico.
• Vía Dorada Shopping Center, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico.
2023 • European Cultural Centre, Venice, Italy.
2018 • Municipal Infoteca, Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico.
• Municipal Theater, Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico.
2017 • Falcon Art Gallery, Del Rio, Texas, United States.
2016 • Falcon Art Center Mexico, Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico.
Artistic Projects
2017 — Amistad a través de las Artes
Binational cultural and artistic project led by Centro de Arte Falcon México. An artistic exchange between children from Hidalgo, Mexico, and Del Rio, Texas, United States, culminating in a collective mural incorporating four languages: Spanish, English, Hñähñu, and Navajo.
2019 — 32 Estados de México, 32 Murales
Project led by Centro de Arte Falcon México in collaboration with INALI and the Consulate of Mexico in Del Rio, Texas. An initiative to create murals representing Mexico’s cultural and linguistic diversity; murals were created in Hidalgo and Yucatán.
2023 — Contesting and Bridging Boundaries and Borders: The US-Mexico Indigenous and Migration Experience
Project presented as part of the Venice Biennale, Italy, in collaboration with Falcon Art Center Foundation, Global Indigenous Collective, and Miami University, Ohio. Artistic installation exploring Indigenous identity, territory, and migration along the Mexico–United States border.
2026 — Ixmiquilpan: Herencia Hñähñu
Artistic project focused on the memory, identity, and preservation of Hñähñu culture in the Valle del Mezquital. Presented at the Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia, United States.