But his awareness and interest in new forms of art and innovative operations suggests that he was active in most of the artistic fields of his time.
After studying philosophy and literature at the National University of Mexico,[3] he started his career as a successful and respected young writer.
In 1972 he definitively settled in Amsterdam, an open and cosmopolitan city with a lot of artistic innovation and international exchanges.
[6] Due to a certain cult of the overlooked and underestimated (post-)1960s avant-garde, Ulises Carrión has undergone an extraordinary appreciation in the 21st century.
[9] A catalogue raisonne of Carrión's artists' books and related works was published by Document Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, in 2013.