Mario Orozco Rivera was born January 19, 1930, in Mexico City, into a circus family, with which he performed at a young age before becoming a painter, sculptor and muralist. He jokingly referred to Jose Clemente Orozco as his father (actually a cousin) and Diego Rivera as his mother!
Orozco Rivera studied art at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda". Following his studies he traveled the world before returning to Mexico to concentrate on his art. A member of first the Mexican Communist Party, then the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico, he viewed art as a vehicle for social and political commentary and felt murals conveyed this message better than easel work, which he regarded as too commercial. His primary influence was muralist David Alfaro Siquieros, to whom he was apprenticed and worked in collaboration..
Not only a visual artist, Orozco Rivera was a poet, composer and musician, as well as a spokesperson for the arts and literature. He won several awards and his work has been displayed across the world.
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