Galeria Muy
| Location | San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico |
|---|---|
| Type | indigenous peoples contemporary art gallery |
| Founder | John Burstein |
| Director | John Burstein and Martha Alejandro Lopez |
| Website | galeriamuy |
Galería MUY (Espacio Artístico MUY, AC) ) is a cultural space devoted to contemporary art by Maya peoples and Zoque people (being the two main ethnicities of indigenous peoples in Chiapas, Mexico). The name “MUY” comes from the Tzotzil language and is the root of the word meaning “pleasure”. The cultural center is located in a clay house in a central neighborhood (Barrio de Guadalupe) in the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas and consists of a large patio, gallery spaces, a collection of over 150 Mayan and Zoque artifacts, a residence house, and a painting and ceramics production studio.
The MUY opened its doors in December 2014 and has since organized over 30 individual and collective art exhibits of Mayan and Zoque creators. The MUY artists. are among the top representatives of the indigenous people's contemporary art movement in Mexico.
This cultural center is co-directed by anthropologist John Burstein and artist and promoter Martha Alejandra López, a Zoque from Rayón Chiapas. The MUY has maintained an average of 4 exhibits a year every year since its opening in 2014.