Luz del Carmen Bustamante Sánchez

Luz Bustamante is an oil painter and muralist from Mexico City who lives and works in Osnabrück.

Her practice explores the relationship between humans and nature from a non-hierarchical, feminist perspective. The starting point for her work is the question of what happens when nature is no longer an object of domination, but is understood as an autonomous counterpart.

Having started out in mural painting in Brazil and Mexico, she developed a site-specific approach in public spaces. She is currently completing a Master’s degree in Art. Her works have been exhibited at venues including the BBK Osnabrück; she has also created several murals.

In her paintings, she combines surrealist imagery with symbolic compositions. Influenced by mythology and research into the imagination, she creates pictorial spaces in which imagination becomes visible as a form of resistance against the capitalist logic of productivity, inviting viewers to reawaken dreams in everyday life.

Exhibitions:

2026: Dreaming While Awake, Osnabrück Halle, Osnabrück
2026: AMU Art Market, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Osnabrück
2026: Unpacking, Osnabrück Sculpture Gallery, Osnabrück
2025: Art Connects, 2025, Haus Der Jugend, Osnabrück
2025: Open Your Eyes and Keep Dreaming, Nackte Mühle, Osnabrück
2025: Something to Do with Madness, Association of Visual Artists, Osnabrück
2025: Echoes from the Nobbenburger, Bissendorf Art Society, Wissingen
2025: Annual Exhibition, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück
2024/25: “Lifelines”, Osnabrück Regional Association, Osnabrück
2024: Long Night of the Studios, City of Osnabrück
2023/24: The Case of Caterina Pedroni Braun, Osnabrück Student Centre, Osnabrück

Awards