Gabriela González Leal (Mexico City, 1981) Gabriela González Leal holds a BFA in Visual Arts from ENPEG “La Esmeralda.” She is currently a member of Mexico’s National System of Art Creators (SNCA, 2024–2027). She is presenting a solo exhibition at the Museum of Mexico City in the context of the FIFA World Cup and is participating in the group exhibition Football and Art: The Same Emotion at Museo Jumex.She was invited to participate in the British Textile Biennial (United Kingdom, 2025) and has been selected for numerous national and international biennials and competitions. She was a finalist in Art Sobre Paper at the Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport (Spain, 2024) and the II International Pictorial Triennial of Tijuana (2024). In 2023, she received the Acquisition Prize at the II León Contemporary Art Biennial (BARCO).Her work has been featured in Les Echos Week-End (France, 2026) and OOF Magazine (London, 2024), expanding her presence in international media. She is part of the Arte y Maculatura project of Banco de México, Banknote Art Concept in Australia, and Money For Nothing in France. In 2020, she was nominated for the International Senefelder Lithography Award (Germany).She has received four Honorable Mentions: the IX International Miniature Art Exhibition Majdan Art (Serbia, 2018), the 1st Volcanoes Biennial (Cuernavaca, 2015), the 3rd Dr. A. Pérez Romo Visual Arts and Printmaking Competition (Aguascalientes, 2013), and the 8th Alfredo Zalce National Painting and Printmaking Biennial (Morelia, 2011).Her work has been exhibited in Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, Argentina, Cuba, Spain, the United States, Portugal, Serbia, and Uruguay. Her work is included in the collections of the Banco de México Museum, the Protectorate Museum of Note Printing (Australia), the Zuckerman Museum of Art (USA), the Copelouzos Family Art Museum (Greece), the El Peñol Historical Museum (Colombia), the Museum of Contemporary Art of Querétaro, and the Museum of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, among others.Her artistic practice experiments with a wide range of traditional and unconventional media and materials. Her work explores themes such as childhood, play, power, myths, textile language, and the symbolism of ancient Mexico in dialogue with contemporary contexts.A significant part of her practice involves transforming demonetized banknotes into artworks that challenge conventional notions of value and economy. By intervening in these discarded objects, she recontextualizes them as cultural and social narratives, exploring identity, memory, and impermanence. Her works invite viewers to reconsider what is truly valuable, discover beauty in the obsolete, and reflect on the human stories embedded within these fragments of paper.