Sebastián (born Enrique Carbajal González on November 16, 1947) is a Mexican sculptor best known for his monumental works of steel and/or concrete in both Mexico and abroad.
Sebastián was born Enrique Carbajal González on November 16, 1947, in Santa Rosalía de Camargo, Chihuahua in northern Mexico.
[3] He lived in Chihuahua until he began studying in the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Mexico City in 1964.
[4] Heavily influenced by the work of Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso, he won first place in the 1965 Annual Exposition of the National Plastic Arts School at UNAM.
He put on his second individual exposition, where he displayed ostensibly simple paper carton works that he called "desplegables" (folders).
[4] Since 1968, he has had over 120 individual exhibitions of his work in Mexico, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Ireland, England, Portugal, Italy, Denmark, Canada, Finland, the US, France, Japan, Switzerland and Venezuela.
[11] He has served as a jury member at the North American Sculpture Exhibition in Colorado (1986, 1991), the Concurso Nacional and Triennial Americana de Escultura en Madera in Argentina (1993) and the Alexandria Biennial (2001) .
[8] In addition to the creation of sculpture and other art, he has worked as an academic, giving courses, workshops and conferences at various universities and other institutions in Mexico and abroad.
[6] Outside Mexico, his monumental sculptures can be found in cities such as Kingston, Buenos Aires, Havana, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro Albuquerque, Denver, San Antonio, New York, Bern, Hakone, Nagoya and Osaka .
[1][8] Other recognitions include two from his hometown of Camargo in 1985 and 1988, being named its “favorite son.”[8] In 1997 and 2012, Mexico's National Lottery issued tickets in his honor.
[15] Much of his style can be traced to his second individual exhibition where he displayed ostensibly simple paper carton works that he called "desplegables" (folders).
It has hosted exhibitions by young artists, concerts, dance recitals, visual arts and literary events and more.
[8][16] The Museo Sebastían is located on one side of the Plaza Merino in the city of Chihuahua, which used to be the site of a large market in the 18th and 19th centuries.