Colector opened in 2019 in San Pedro Garza García, within the Monterrey metropolitan area. Founded and directed by architect Jesús Alberto Flores, it represents Mexican and international artists and has expanded its activities beyond Nuevo León through art fairs, exhibitions, and temporary venues. Between 2024 and 2026, it maintained a presence in Texas, first in Houston and then in Dallas.
Gallery Profile
Before Colector, Jesús Alberto Flores ran K2, a project focused primarily on local artists. In 2019, he opened a new gallery in San Pedro Garza García and gradually expanded the program to include artists from Mexico and other countries.
Activities outside of Nuevo León became part of the project from its earliest years. In 2023, Colector participated for the first time in KIAF Seoul with a solo exhibition by Amor Muñoz. It subsequently opened a project space in Houston and a gallery in Dallas, both of which were active between 2024 and 2026. It has also organized projects in Paris, London, and Mexico City. Its permanent location remains at 436 Lázaro Garza Ayala, in the Casco Urbano neighborhood of San Pedro.
Colector has also collaborated on projects carried out at institutions in Nuevo León. Amor Muñoz participated in MARCO’s *En el hilo de la noche, la trama del mundo* alongside Lucía Vidales and Daniel Guzmán. The gallery is listed among the collaborators on Muñoz’s project. It has also worked with artists at the Roberto Garza Sada Center at the University of Monterrey.
Why Go
The program brings together artists from different backgrounds and generations. Among the Mexican artists are Amor Muñoz, Rubén Gutiérrez, Federico Jordán, Fernanda Caballero, and Ana G. Zambrano; joining them are Rachel Garrard, Charlie Godet Thomas, Max Frisinger, Ash Keating, Angelbert Metoyer, Kiyoshi Nakagami, and Melania Toma.
Amor Muñoz (Mexico City, 1979) works with textiles, electronics, sound, and coding systems. In *Tactile Translations*, presented at Colector in 2023, she linked textile structures with musical notation and binary code. Previously, she had presented *Hybrida* at the MUAC and completed a residency at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. Her work has also been exhibited at SFMOMA, the Belvedere in Vienna, and CHAT, the Centre for Heritage, Arts, and Textiles, in Hong Kong.
Rubén Gutiérrez (Monterrey, 1972) works with drawing, painting, video, film, writing, and digital media. His career began in Monterrey in the 1990s, and he later developed projects at venues such as MARCO, Museo Jumex, and Ex Teresa Arte Actual. In January 2026, he returned to Colector with *Gestos de continuidad*, an exhibition of more than twenty works organized with curator Louky Keijsers.
Rachel Garrard (Devon, United Kingdom, 1984) studied at Central Saint Martins and has developed part of her practice between New York and Mexico. She makes some of her pigments from minerals and rocks and works with painting, sculpture, video, and installation. She has completed residencies at Casa Wabi, the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, and Yaddo. Through Colector, she has presented her work both in Mexico and at art fairs.
What to Expect
"Folie à Deux " brings together Phillip Leeds and Your Favorite Internet Friend (YFIF) through two collections of portraits taken with the Polaroid Big Shot, a camera manufactured in the 1970s and also known for its use by Andy Warhol. Leeds and YFIF built their archives separately. Among those photographed are Pharrell Williams, Virgil Abloh, Young Miko, Mac Miller, SZA, Tyler, the Creator, Takashi Murakami, and Daddy Yankee.
The exhibition features 36 Polaroid photographs. Since these are instant photographs, each image on display is the original produced by the camera, not a copy made from a negative. Two works incorporate augmented reality. Leeds and YFIF also included the portraits they took of each other.
The exhibition introduces photography into a recent program that has featured other media. *Gestos de continuidad* (Gestures of Continuity), by Rubén Gutiérrez, brought together drawings, paintings, videos, and a video game in early 2026. In *Tactile Translations*, Amor Muñoz had worked with textiles, electronic circuits, sound, and code.
What to Do Nearby
Colector is located in the downtown area of San Pedro Garza García. Just a few blocks away, the El Centenario Museum is housed in a late 19th-century home at 116 Libertad Street. This municipal museum is dedicated to the history of San Pedro and houses artifacts, photographs, and documents related to the municipality.
The Plaza Fátima Cultural Center is located in the Del Valle neighborhood. Since 2012, it has been housed in a building designed by Fernando González Gortázar and features three galleries for temporary exhibitions, as well as a program of music, theater, and literature.
MARCO requires a trip to downtown Monterrey. The museum, which opened in 1991 in a building designed by Ricardo Legorreta, maintains a program of modern and contemporary art and has collaborated with artists associated with Colector. It was there that *En el hilo de la noche, la trama del mundo* was presented, featuring works by Amor Muñoz, Lucía Vidales, and Daniel Guzmán.
