Louise noelle gras

He was born in 1944 in Mexico City, where he studied for a degree in Art History at the Universidad Iberoamericana. Later he did master's and doctorate studies, UNAM. In 1981 she entered the Institute for Aesthetic Research, UNAM, where she has been a researcher since 1983. She has been a Representative before the Humanities Coordination, Alternate University Counselor and elected member of the Internal Council of the IIEs in three terms. Throughout his academic career, he has taught courses and conferences at numerous universities in Mexico and abroad. She is an Honorary Academician of the National Academy of Architecture, in addition to belonging to institutions such as the International Committee of Architecture Critics, CICA, the Mexican ICOMOS, DOCOMOMO International, the International Association of Art Critics, AICA, the Société Européenne de Culture and the National Academy of Fine Arts of Argentina. He has also been a jury for the National Prize for Sciences and Arts, and is a member of the National Commission of Artistic Heritage, INBAL, of the Council of Real Estate Historical Monuments, INAH, of the National Commission of the Bicentennial of the Beginning of National Independence and of the Centennial of the Beginning of the Mexican Revolution, in addition to having been President of the Organizing Committee of the XI International Docomomo Mexico Congress.

She was editor of the Revista Arquitectura/México between 1976 and 1979, while coordinating the Práxis Design Group. She is the author, among others, of the books Genesis of a Mural; Agustín Hernández, architecture and thought; Contemporary Architects of Mexico; Ricardo Legorreta, tradition and modernity; Guide to contemporary architecture in Mexico City; Vladimir Kaspé, reflection and commitment; Luis Barragan. Search and creativity; Enrique del Moral, an architect committed to Mexico; Mario Pani, a modern vision of the city and Enrique del Moral. Life and work, and more than a hundred articles in national and international specialized magazines.

He entered the Academia de Artes on July 18, 1992.

Manuel Marin

He was born in 1951 in Mexico City. In 1969 he began to study painting at the National School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving "La Esmeralda", where he was awarded the Best Student award. During the same period, he studied mechanical engineering at ESIME, IPN and was awarded as the best average of his generation. Later he did postgraduate studies in mathematics at UPICSA, IPN.

In 1974 he held his first individual exhibition and since then more than a hundred samples of his work have been held in Mexico and other countries. In the 70's he was part of the Março, Solidarte and Algo Pasa Groups. Since then he has designed and coordinated alternative art collective projects among which stand out; Here, First Biennial of Imaginary Sculpture and DaD, Homage to Edvard Munch, 150 years, Metamorphosis. He was also nominated by the Deutsche Welle, in Bonn as an artist of the American continent with the urban sculpture Cross communication (2004). One of his most recent projects is Endymion, a comprehensive proposal for sculpture, painting, drawing and theoretical reflection. In the field of sculpture, his attention is focused on the development of flat, drawn, mobile and armed sculptures, as well as the study of space through the development of sculptural ensembles. His teaching work has not only been carried out at the bachelor's and master's levels in various institutions, he has also tutored Young Creators in the areas of Painting and Sculpture, as well as artistic Creators in both areas. He is also the author of several works of a theoretical nature.

He entered the Academia de Artes the 17 October of 2013.

Adolf Mantilla

Adolfo Mantilla studied German (with a specialization in translation), art history and anthropology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and ethnology at the National School of Anthropology and History. He has worked as a teacher at the Center for Hispanic Studies at the University of Montreal and at the College of History at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, as well as being part of the faculty of the Department of Ethnology at the National School of Anthropology and History since 2003

His work focuses on the anthropology of art and image, as well as the semiotics and economics of culture. He was coordinator of the departments of Indo-European languages ​​and ethnology of the ENAH, head of research and deputy director of exhibition of the National Museum of Art and deputy director of Communication and liaison as well as Deputy director of exhibition of the Museum of the Palace of Fine Arts. He has worked in the organization and/or curatorship of dozens of national and international exhibitions. Since 2017 he has been the academic coordinator of the Academia de Artes.