Painter, sculptor, mixed-media artist, and architect Hector Navarro was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, in 1937. His formal education took place at the Estudió en la Escuela de Artes Plásticas where he took courses in art and the Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Guadalajara, where he studied architecture. He would later teach at both schools for over three decades.

His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, UNAM Mexico; DF. José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico; Museum of Modern Art, Mexico; Museum of Modern Art of Latin American, Washington, D.C. USA; Colección del Pueblo de Jalisco, Cabañas Cultural Institute, Guadalajara Jalisco; Museo de las Artes, University of Guadalajara; Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, USA; Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama, Republic of Panama; Communications Satellite Corp., Washington, D.C. USA; Confederación Nacional de Cámara de Comercio, México; Government of the State of Nuevo León; Hughes Airwest, San Francisco, CA, USA; Provincial Palace, Malaga, Spain; Huntington Beach Library, Huntington Beach, CA, USA; Centro de Arte Moderno de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México; and many others.

Selected awards: Purchase Award, Pan American Union Exposition in Washington, D.C. (1996); INBA Solar Exhibition, Acquisition Award, 1968; Acquisition Award at the Exhibition of Plastic Arts in Jalisco (1965);  First Prize, Exposición Concurso de la Plástica, Jalisco (1965); First Prize, Aequo Acuarela, Exposición Solar XIX Olimpiada, México; Premio Extraordinario en Artes Plásticas, Jalisco Prize, State of Jalisco (1963).

Currently, Navarro has been given an exhibition at the Museo de las Artés, Universidad de Guadalajara (MUSA), Antología Secreta: Hector Navarro, beginning on February 10, 2022.

Find more information on the artist's website.