[citation needed] When Orozco was six, the family relocated to the San Ángel neighborhood of Mexico City so that his father could work with artist David Alfaro Siquieros on various mural commissions.
His father took him along to museum exhibitions and to work with him, during which time Orozco overheard many conversations about art and politics.
[citation needed] There his instructors introduced him to a broad range of post-war artists who were working in non-traditional formats.
"[4]In 1987, Orozco returned from his studies in Madrid to Mexico City, where he hosted weekly meetings with a group of other artists including Damián Ortega, Gabriel Kuri, Abraham Cruzvillegas and Dr. Lakra.
[5] Orozco's nomadic way of life began to inform his work strongly around this time, and he took considerable inspiration from exploring the streets.
[6] His early practice was intended to break away from the mainstream work of the 1980s, which was often created in huge studios with many assistants and elaborate techniques of production and distribution.
– Ann Temkin[26]The Museum of Modern Art in New York presented a solo show of the artist in 1993[31] and a mid-career retrospective exhibition in December 2009.
[13] The exhibition traveled to the Kunstmuseum Basel, the Centre Pompidou, Paris, and ended at the Tate Modern, London, in May 2011.