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Mitote

interdisciplinary
Mexican Artist

Mitote integrates ritual and ceremonial elements into his works, evoking both abundance and spirituality.

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Mitote

Interdisciplinary Mexican Artist

Mitote is a creator who fuses ancient traditions with contemporary language, using colorful beings that blend memory and fantasy. 

Bio

Mitotes encompass and have always embodied rites, myths and life.

Discover the path that Heriberto Rodela, best known as Mitote, has created with artists, brands and different movements.
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Statement

Hailing from a region steeped in shamanic traditions.

Mitote imbues each artwork with a new and distinct realm, courtesy of the magical and transfigurative powers of art.
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Selected Exhibitions

The artwork where the experimentation begins.

Mitote does so through vibrant entities that blend tradition and innovation, memory and fantasy, past and present, ancestral ceremonies and urban rituals.
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Mitote Studio

Discover Mitote´s creative space.

A showroom filled with unpublished works, canvas, masks, sculptures and plants in the heart of Mexico City.
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Limited editions

The artwork where the experimentation begins.

Mitote does so through vibrant entities that blend tradition and innovation, memory and fantasy, past and present, ancestral ceremonies and urban rituals.
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Unique artwork

Mitote delves into memories of his childhood from a contemporary perspective.

Each artwork serves as a reminder that across all latitudes and human territories, culture thrives, tradition evolves continuously, the past is revitalized, and the present shapes the path forward into the future.
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Mitote is a term we use today to describe a lively,
noisy, and excessive gathering.

Mitote’s Nahual

The presence of the tecuani-jaguar-tiger in Mitote’s work also carries a personal significance: it embodies his nahual.

Connection with ancestors

Mitote reimagines these enduring principles from ancient religious practices alongside contemporary languages. 

Return to the root

Mitotes serve as rituals embedded in the culture and religiosity of various indigenous groups in Mexico, such as the Nahua, Cora, Tepehuan, and Huichol.

Interdisciplinary Mexican Artist

Interdisciplinary Mexican Artist

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Collaborations